Akito and the Loonatics: chapter 39

They all went back to the tower, this was not looking good for the Loonatics so far. Lexi had informed the others about their powers being gone, except for Duck's, Felicity's, Akito's, and Estelle's.

"Well, if he did steal our superpowers, at least he's using them to save people." Rev shrugged.

"Sorry, but stealing is stealing," Estelle sounded determined. "It's time to take this guy down."

"Yeah, I want my powers back." Lexi agreed.

"And besides, this guy isn't a real hero." Akito said.

"Tech, the kids, and I are the only ones left with superpowers," Duck took a stand. "And seeing as Tech could only lead a parade, I should be making the decisions."

Vincent rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"Hmm... All right then, Duck," Ace surprisingly agreed. "What do you think we should do?"

"Well, we should, uhh..." Duck didn't sound so confident about leadership now. "We should uhh..."

Estelle rolled her eyes at how Duck was trying to be the new leader.

"Uhh... Hunt down this Sypher guy and find a way to get all our powers back!" Duck then declared as his first command as leader.

"Whoa, he got it on the first day." Lexi deadpanned.

Zadavia signed in just then. "Sypher shouldn't be too hard to find," she replied, seeming to know exactly what they were talking about. "Even as we speak, he's the Grand Marshall at a parade."

"Yeesh, talk about over exposure." Ace scoffed.

"And let me guess, that burst at the dam was Sypher's doing, right Zadavia?" Akito asked.

"Yes, and I have footage downloaded from one of my own satellites." Zadavia confirmed before showing them that Sypher wasn't the hero he had pretended to be.

"That faker!" Ace grew outraged. "He used my powers to burn the dam!"

"Just proves my powers are best," Duck commented. "Oh, yeah."

"That glory hog set us up to use our powers just so he could be famous?" Lexi was surprised.

"Oh, why that, low-down, lying villain!" Vincent glared.

"You better hurry before he does something that not even superpowers can't fix." Zadavia warned them.

"Right." Akito agreed.

"Now that we know where he is-" Ace started to take charge again.

"Ahem..." Duck glared at him.

"Oh, right, Duck... Take it away." Ace stopped himself.

"Yes," Duck stood up. "Now let's saddle up and uhh... umm..."

Ace whispered a snappy comeback to the duck.

"Rain on his parade!" Duck then proclaimed.

"I couldn't have said it better myself." Ace smirked.

"Let's jet." Akito said.

The parade was a wonderful day for all in Acmetropolis, except of course for the Loonatics.

"Chill, people," Sypher smiled as he signed yet another autograph. "There's plenty of Sypher to go around."

"Is that so?" Duck called in mocking. "Why don't you save the celebration for the real superheroes, Sypher?"

"Because there is not any Super in Sypher!" Felicity added.

"Because the real Sypher is a superless... Uhh..." Duck struggled again. "SypherHead!"

Lexi face-palmed.

"Dude, that makes no sense." Sypher told Duck.

"Seriously, Duck, was that all you could come up with?" Akito asked.

Duck ignored him and got angry. "Just give me my friends' powers back, okay!?" he glared at Sypher. "Because you're a big fraud!"

"Okay, that's better." Estelle gave him that one.

The fans and admirers of Sypher gasped at Duck's accusations.

"And we're here to take our powers back." Lexi pounded her hand into her fist.

"Yeah!" Vincent added in.

Sypher merely laughed at them. "Stole your powers?" he taunted. "Look, they think I can do everything they can do, but better, they're just smear me!" he got the people on his side. "I say they go back to the petting zoo and orphanage they came from!"

The citizens then yelled at and scolded the Loonatics.

"But Sypher is willing to forgive and forget." Sypher smirked, then zipped off to challenge the Loonatics.

Akito, Estelle, Vincent, and Felicity backed away before he could even come close to them. Sypher had grabbed Tech by his shoulder to drain the coyote of his powers.

"Getting away from him right now!" Felicity was angry with Sypher.

"See?" Sypher smirked. "I'm just trying to be nice, but the hero hasbeens won't let me!"

The citizens then booed at the Loonatics, believing everything Sypher was telling them.

"Alright, I've had about enough of you, Super Clown!" Akito snarled.

"Maybe if you guys rush him at once, he won't be able to defend himself." Duck suggested to the kids since they had natural abilities that weren't given to them with their Loonatic reputation and they had powers inherited from their parents.

"That might work." Estelle said.

Sypher went into a tornado spin as the kids came after him. He also used his laser eyes to make construction come down to hurt them. The kids were hit, but they weren't going to be out. Felicity jumped int othe air and hissed, bearing her baby fangs and tackled Sypher down to the ground.

"Yeah!" Vincent cheered. "Go Felicity!"

Sypher gave her a punch. Felicity kept flying and gripped onto him strongly.

"GET OFF OF ME!" Sypher tried to shake her off his arm.

"Never!" Felicity retorted as she clung to him with her fangs visible.

"Looks like he is having trouble with Felicity, let's keep him frustrated." Estelle suggested. Her brothers nodded and went to Sypher.

"Hey, come get us!" Vincent taunted.

Sypher snarled and tried to knock him down with his arm.

"Over here!" Estelle went to his head.

"Hey, miss me?" Akito was underneath Sypher now with a smirk.

Sypher growled, he was going to destroy the kids. He didn't understand why they wouldn't lose their powers whenever he did get the chance to touch them. Duck even decided to try and get in on the fun. Sypher saw Duck and decided to take him down. He was still the one Loonatic he hadn't drained powers of.

"Oh, no, Duck, get away from him!" Estelle warned.

Duck tried to do that, but it was too late, he was now drained like the others. "Despicable..." he muttered in defeat.

"Oh, no, Duck!" Vincent called out.

This was not looking good for the Loonatics and it looked like the end of their heroism for good.