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Ace and Rev had just returned to HQ after watching a Basherball game, but there was something wrong with them, very wrong. And it wasn't just the yellow color in their eyes; they both had lost their superpowers. How, they don't know. Tech had Rev run on a treadmill to test his speed. It went too fast and Rev got tired easy, and he crashed backwards to the wall. Tech checked the number on the treadmill and wrote it down.

"Well Rev, the good news is the machine is working, the bad news is that you're not."

Tech said

"Thirty six miles per hour?"

Ace asked

"Actually eighteen. I doubled it to be nice."

He walked away, then came back pushing a wall of cement blocks.

"Shoot your power peepers at these, Ace."

"Come on, Tech. I've tried this. Oh, ok. Here it goes."

He narrowed his eyes at the cement blocks, trying to use his laser vision. But nothing happened, not matter how hard he tried. Slam just punched the cement wall of bricks for him.

"Thanks Slam. I was starting to get a headache."

"I'm afraid there's no denying it, Ace. Both you and Rev are no longer in possession of your super powers."

"Yeah, but check this out. (does a few punches and kicks) You can take away my powers, but you can't take away my moves!"

"Exactly! You still got the moves that you got before you got your super powers, and Rev can still run like a normal roadrunner. Whatever did this must not have affected your natural abilities."

"Who needs superpowers anyway? Right Rev?"

"You know, the last time I checked superheroes need superpowers. You guys were the best of us, but until your better, I think it's time for a new leader."

Duck said with his arms crossed over his chest. Just then, Zadavia's holographic face was on the screen.

"That's an excellent idea, Duck."

"It is?"

"Ace, until we can figure out what happened to your enhanced abilities-"

"See? Even the boss lady agrees with me."

"You shouldn't be out in the field, and neither should Rev. Your replacement will have to be smart, courageous, cool under pressure, and have excellent leadership skills, not to mention a dazzling smile. There really is only one clear choice…Lexi, I'm counting on you!"

"All over it, boss!"

Lexi said

"And you'll have to be fast, I just received this report that the dam from the Central Acmetropolis Reservoir is about to burst. Billion and gallons of water will rush down river and flood this campground full of tourists. There's no time to evacuate. Lexi, take Slam and Duck. Good luck. Zadavia out."

Her holographic face disappeared.

"You heard her! Let's jet!"

Slam grunted in agreement and followed Lexi, while Duck followed mumbling to himself.

"I have a dazzling smile."

Hours later, Lexi, Duck, and Slam returned to HQ, but Lexi and Slam were now powerless and their eyes were yellow. They explained what happened while trying to stop the dam from breaking. Apparently there's a new hero in town named Drake Sypher, and he somehow stopped the flood from drowning the tourists. Then came the strange part Lexi mentioned about him.

"Then he touched us and our powers were gone."

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

Rev said

"Sorry, but stealing it stealing. Time to take this guy down! I want my powers back!"

"Calm down, you're already one big power drip. Tech and I are the only ones left with superpowers, and seeing as Tech couldn't lead a parade, I should be making the decisions."

"Hm, alright then, Duck. What do you think we should do?"

Ace asked

"Well we should uh…we should…hunt down this Sypher guy and find a way to get all our powers back!"

"Whoa! He got it on the first guess."

Lexi said. Then Zadavia's face was onscreen.

"Sypher shouldn't be too hard to find."

The TV screen showed the city of Acmetropolis hosting a parade in Sypher's honor. The man Sypher had red and yellow spiky hair, and a red and yellow suit.

"As we speak, he is acting as the Grand Marshall at a parade thrown in his honor."

"Sheesh, talk about over exposure."

Ace said

"Don't be too impressed. Sypher is not as heroic as he pretends to be. Watch these images recorded at the dam by one of my own satellites."

On screen, it showed Sypher on a hovercraft shooting the dam's wall with Ace's laser vision.

"That faker! He used my power to crack the dam!"

"Further proof why my powers are best. Oh yeah."

Duck said

"That glory hog set us up to steal our powers just so he could be famous?!"

Lexi said

"Precisely. And he needs to be stopped before he does something that even superpowers can't fix."

"Right! Now that we know where he is-"

"Ahem!"

"Oh, right Duck. Take it away."

"Yes! Now saddle up and let's…uh…you know…uh…(Ace whispers in his ear) Rain on his parade!"

"I couldn't have said it better myself but for the record lets bring back up."

*At The Parade*

Sypher was writing autographs to fans all around him while enjoying the attention.

"Chill everybody! There's plenty of Sypher to go around!"

"Is that so? Save the celebration Sypher for the real superheroes, because there isn't any super in Sypher, because the real Sypher is a super...Sypherless…uh, Sypherhead!"

Duck said

"Dude that makes no sense."

"It means you stole my friends' powers, ok! It means that you're a big fraud!"

"We're here to take our powers back!"

Lexi said angrily

"Stole your powers? Look they're bugging because I can do everything they can't do but way better! They're just trying to smear me! I say they go back to the petting zoo where they came from! (crowd jeers in agreement) But Sypher is willing to forgive and forget."

Using Rev's super speed, Sypher zoomed right up to Tech and placed his hand on the startled coyote's shoulder.

"Will you be my bud?"

In a matter of seconds, Tech felt his powers drain away from his body, making him feel weak, with his eyes turning yellow.

"Tech, get away from them!"

Ace dragged Tech away from Sypher, but Tech was slouching after the loss of his powers.

"See? I just wanna be buds, but the hero has-beens won't let me!"

"I've had of this super clown! Maybe if we all rush in on him at once, he won't be able to defend himself!"

Duck said

"Good thinking, Duck. Though you're scaring me."

The Loonatics, rushed forward to tackle Sypher, but easily knocked them all back with Slam's tornado attack, making the Loonatics pile themselves on top one another.

"Any more thoughts?"

Duck asked He fired Ace's laser beams at some buildings, causing the debris to fall onto the Loonatics, but they managed to dodge.

"You see? I gotta defend myself! Look at the little rabbits run!"

A large piece of debris fell on Daisy, holding her down to the ground. She struggled to free herself, when Sypher reached out a hand.

"Need a hand, babe?"

He said as he leaned closer to her.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm working here"

Daisy hissed at him, while avoiding the falling debris, only Ace could see Sypher grab Daisy's hand and cried out her name in horror.

"Daisy!"

But it was too late. Daisy felt a tingle the minute Sypher touched her hand. But nothing happen, Duck suddenly appeared on the chunk of debris that held Daisy down, and in front of Sypher.

"All tight, Captain Suck Up, and I mean that literally. Let me ask you something, can you do this?"

"No, but it sure looks cool."

Duck threw the egg at Sypher, but he sped out of the way.

"Sweet! But can you do this?"

He sped up to Duck and wrapped his arms around him, but felt nothing. Sypher was puzzled on to where Duck disappeared to, when Duck called out from the top of the parade balloon which he teleported to.

"Ha! Top that!"

Sypher sped up to the top of a building and hopped onto the balloon, but Duck "quacked" himself away.

"Where are you, duck dude?"

From below, the Loonatics watched in amazement as Duck took on Sypher.

"Hey look, Duck's actually getting to him!"

"He's elevated annoying to a superpower!"

Ace helped Daisy out from the debris, carrying her with her arms drifted over Ace's shoulders, to a safe distance.

"Are you ok, Daisy? Anything hurt?"

He asked concern. Daisy pushed him away and dust of her clothes.

"I'm fine"

She said showing her hands in a icy blue aura. Duck tossed another burning egg at Sypher, who spun around in a twister to deflect the egg. The egg hit Duck in the face, covering his entire upper body with thick purple goo. He tried to wipe it off, but he lost his balance and fell off the building, and right into Sypher's arms.

"Gotcha Duck! How does it feel to be quacking with fear?"

Duck felt his powers drain away the minute Sypher had his arms around him, stealing away his powers and his eyes turning yellow.

"Despicable."

*At HQ*

The Loonatics gathered at the meeting table, all at a loss and in defeat at having lost their superpowers to Sypher.

"Well that's six out of seven.

"What are we gonna do? Now that he's got my powers, he's practically invincible! We're doomed, DOOMED!

"Duck's right. Without powers, we're useless against him."

Tech said

"Don't forget we still have Daisy. Maybe Tech could whip us up with something that could help us in our battle with Sypher!"

Ace said

"You know, I could fashion some kind of body armor! Yes! I may have just the thing! Leave it to me! (speeds off)"

"Did I mention we're doomed? Doomed, I say."

Duck asked after hours of working, Tech had finally finished with the body armor he had been working on.

"Here they are, ready for combat. Design intalibrated to your individual brain pattern."

Everyone put on the body armor that Tech had fashioned. It was blue-green with grey and helmets with goggles, which Duck liked immediately.

"Now that's what I'm talking about!"

"Nano-powered bionic suits, so its magnetic powers won't affect us. Each suit has been designed to mimic and deflect our individual superpowers. Ace, yours is specially equipped with laser goggles. Rev has speed accelerated wings and legs. Lexi, an ultra-sonic siren to blast Sypher's super hearing. Slam, circular jets that will enable you to create a taz-mo tornado. Duck, yours…"

"(gets small red pellet) Yeah, I found it. Doomed."

"Hey, give me a break. I only had five minutes to come up with all this."

Everyone left leaving Ace alone with Daisy.

"Aren't you coming?"

"I'm gonna sit this one out"

Daisy said rubbing her arm nervously.

*At HQ*

The Loonatics were visited by Zadavia, who congratulated them for stopping Sypher.

"All righty then. I want your reports on this Sypher mission on my desk first thing in the morning; before group calisthenics."

Duck said

"Reports? Since when do we write reports?"

Lexi said

"Or exercise?"

Tech said

"As team leader I decided to make a few changes around here. I'm going to be running a tighter ship."

"Did he siphon your brain, Duck? Ace is still our leader."

Lexi said

"lady mention ANYTHING about Ace being back in charge. Did you, Slam?"

Slam wasn't really paying attention, he was cleaning out his ear before realizing that everyone was looking at him, and he mumbled his response.

"There you have it. Clearly, she wants me to remain in charge. Numero Uno!"

Just then, Zadavia's hologram face appeared on the TV screen again.

"Duck, get over yourself! Ace is back in charge! Now is that understood?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Zadavia out."

Her hologram on the screen disappeared.

"Ah, it's good to be back! Come on, everyone, let's give Numero Uno sometime alone-o."

Ace said. When everyone left in the elevator, Duck was left alone.

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