Summary: Nosedive's pranking is getting too much for his team mates, but then he meets a stranger from another country. Who is this girl from places unknown? And is Dragaunus really gone for good?

WARNING: Beware extreme funniness!

Boredom

"NOOOOOOOOOSEDIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!"

Mallory's yell rang through the Pond like a fire alarm, startling Wildwing out of his doze on the couch in the Rec Room. What on Puckworld was going on now? His question was answered when Nosedive ran into the room, and Mallory not far behind him.

"Quick! Hide me!" Dive squeaked, ducking behind a recliner chair.

"Dive, what are you---"

Mallory stormed in, her face almost as red as her hair. "Where is he?" she growled. "I'm gonna KILL him!"

Before the leader could answer, Mallory spotted Nosedive's butt sticking out from behind the recliner and went over and kicked it, hard.

"OOOOOW!" Nosedive yelled, jumping up and rubbing his behind. "Mal that hurt!"

"Well it serves you right, you little---"

"ENOUGH!" Wildwing shouted. "Dive, what did you do this time?"

"He put bubblegum in my hairbrush, that's what!" Mallory snapped.

"Is that true?" Wing demanded, glaring at his younger brother.

Nosedive twiddled his thumbs and nodded sheepishly.

"That was a disgusting thing to do," Wildwing said coldly. "Apologize right now."

Nosedive muttered 'sorry' without looking up.

"Apology not excepted," Mallory responded angrily. "Why can't you grow up and act your age for a change?" And she left the room without a backwards glance.

It had been a month since the Ducks' victory over the Saurians, and their win of the Stanley Cup which now stood proudly on display in a glass cabinet in the hall that lead to the stands. Since it was the off-season and there were no Saurians to chase after, there had been very little to do and Nosedive had taken to using up his energy by playing pranks on the Pond's other inhabitants (pranks which included dying Wildwing blue all over, sticking Duke's underwear to the flagpole outside the Pond, putting itching powder in Tanya's clothes, letting Phil's tyres down, and other silly things like that.)

Wildwing rubbed his temples and turned to his brother. "Nosedive, this pranking has got to stop. It was funny at first but now it's getting stupid."

"I was bored, that's all," said Nosedive sulkily.

"Well, it's time you learned a better way to entertain yourself," Wildwing tried to improvise. "Find a better outlet."

"Like what?" asked Dive. "I've read all my comics a zillion times, Thrash and Mookie are too busy renovating to hang out, and I'm tired of playing the same computer games all the time."

"Can't you find something else to do?" Wildwing was starting to get a migraine. "Ask Duke to teach you pool or something."

"I already know how to play pool," said Nosedive sourly.

Wildwing looked around in desperation and his eye fell upon the morning paper lying open on the coffee table. There was an article printed in big letters that caught his attention. He picked it up and read it a few times before he dared to believe it.

"There's a new game arcade that's just opened in the mall," he told Dive.

Nosedive's face lit up like a light bulb. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah, it's just across from Captain Comics," said Wing. "Why don't you go and check it out?"

"Okay!"

And he was out of the room faster than he had entered it. Wildwing sighed with relief and flopped back down on the sofa to go back to dozing.

"NOOOOOOOOOSEDIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!"

"Oh boy…"

A few seconds later Mallory was back, her face (if possible) redder than ever.

"Where is he?" she demanded. "I'm gonna KILL him!"

"What's he done now?" asked Wing, getting back up.

"He toilet-papered my room, that's what," the redhead snapped.

"NOSEDIVE!" Wildwing hollered.

But Nosedive was already at the mall. He wasn't worried about Mal strangling him because he knew Wing wouldn't let her. That made pranking her all the more fun. But right now it was time to check out this new games arcade. He was about to go inside when a man stepped out in front of him.

"Hey Mac, wanna buy a watch?" he asked, showing off at least twenty watches hanging under his coat.

"Uh, no thanks man, I was just---," Nosedive was cut off by the man pulling a familiar looking laser gun.

"Wrong answer, Duck," the man spoke in a very different, snide voice.

"Chameleon!" Dive realised. "You're supposed to be sittin' at the bottom of the ocean with those other sleaze-bags."

"What, you're not glad to see me?" Chameleon sounded disappointed. "I was so hoping for a happy reunion. The boss has got some big plans for you."

Chameleon directed Dive into a nearby alleyway where he transformed to his usual self. Nosedive reached for his com but Chameleon stopped him.

"I'll have that, thank you," he held out his hand.

Nosedive handed the device over and Chameleon smashed it on the ground.

"Hey, that was brand new!" said Dive indignantly.

"Awww, I'm sowwy," Chameleon said in a baby voice. "I'm only three and a half years old."

Nosedive growled to himself and tried to look for a way out. From the corner of his eye he thought he caught a glimpse of someone standing just outside the alley. Maybe he was seeing things. Chameleon switched on his com and spoke into it.

"The cat's in the bag, boss."

"Excellent, for once you did something right," came Dragaunus's voice. "Teleport back and bring him with you."

"You got it," Chameleon said happily, then turned his attention back to Dive. "Come on you, the boss is waitin'."

Right then there was a wild scream and someone came hurtling down out of nowhere and landed on Chameleon's back. Nosedive jumped backwards as Chameleon wrestled with his assailant, who had her arms around his neck and was kicking him like mad. Chameleon grabbed the girl's arm and threw her off. She hit the ground with a thud but got straight back up, looking ready to kill.

"Hold it!" Chameleon cocked the gun at her. "One false move Earthling and you're both toast."

The girl ignored his warning and brought up her fists, which became enveloped with what looked like green fire. Her face contorted with concentration and the fire spread throughout her body. Chameleon fired a shot at her, but it rebounded and hit the alley wall instead.

"Cover your eyes," the girl muttered to Dive, who didn't move. "NOW!"

Dive clapped his hands over his eyes and the girl opened one fist to reveal a ball of green fire, drew back her arm and threw it. There was a blast and Chameleon let out a howl of pain as it hit him and he teleported away. Nosedive uncovered his eyes in time to see the flames rapidly fading away. As soon as they were gone the girl collapsed.

"Whoa!" Dive darted forward and caught her before she hit the ground. He gently lay her down and checked for a pulse below her jaw. She had one, but it was weak. "C'mon, wake up," he patted her face but got no response. "Aw man!"

Not knowing what else to do he scooped her up and ran back across the road to the Pond. While this was happening Wildwing was helping Mallory to de-toilet paper her room.

"Yeesh, how many rolls did he use?" Wing asked as he tied off yet another full rubbish bag.

"I don't know how much he used, but he's toast when he gets back," Mallory determined angrily. "I'll take him downstairs to the pool and drown him, then I'll take him out and pin him up by his hair to dry."

"Now really Mal, you wouldn't do a thing like that," Wildwing chortled.

"Wanna bet?" Mallory challenged. "Keep on like that and you'll join him."

"Oh I'm very scared," Wing mocked, smirking.

Mallory opened her beak to say something else but the blare of the Pond's alarms silenced her.

"That's the Intruder signal," Wing realised, looking at his com. "They're in the elevator!"

The pair ran out of Mal's room and down the corridor to the elevator where Duke and Tanya were already waiting, weapons drawn.

"Where'd they get in?" Wing asked Tanya.

"Through the locker room," Tanya read from the screen on her omni-tool. "They used Nosedive's security code."

"Someone must've kidnapped Dive and forced him to let them into the Pond," said Duke.

The elevator stopped on their floor and everyone drew their weapons, none of them knowing what awaited them on the other side of the steel doors. Everyone tensed as the doors hissed open and Nosedive emerged with a limp body in his arms.

"Dive! What on earth are you doing?" asked Wildwing, astonished. "Who is that?"

"Wing, she's hurt bad, we've gotta help her," Dive spoke in a rush.

"What the heck happened?" Mallory demanded.

"I dunno, I ran into Chameleon and she turned up and kinda caught fire or something," Dive was still speaking at a hundred miles an hour. "I dunno what happened after that because she made me cover my eyes."

"Explain later bro. Get her to the infirmary," Wing ordered.

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End of chapter one. Please R/R!