Out of the Ashes
Chapter 1
The scene is a chilly fall evening, the leaves are turning a bright colors.
Drake and an 8 month pregnant Morgana are sitting in the living room trying to think of baby names for the baby, and not agreeing on a single on.
"How about Ignatius? Or Iggy?" Drake asked.
Morgana looked at him confused.
"Iggy? You want to name my son Iggy? What kind of a parent would do this to their baby?"
"Well Iggy is the grandfather of martial arts."
"How about reed?" Morgana asked.
"Reed? Are you kidding me?!"
Morgana gasped and put her hand on her stomach.
"Oh,"
"What?! What?!" Drake asked nervous.
She laughed and grabbed his hand.
"Oh, Bubba's a swim."
"Bubba?"
"Just his nick name till we think of a name."
"Bubba?"
Drake thought about it for second.
"I got it! How about Vlad."
"Vlad?"
"Yeah Vlad."
"Oh, you mean like my cousin Vlad the Impaler?"
"No like Vlad Guerreo."
"Oh, soccer, baseball, football, is there any sport that my son wouldn't play?"
"Not if Gos any way in it. But I hope he doesn't play tennis. Cause I hate tennis."
"Hmmm…" Morgana trailed on.
"Vlad Mallard. Yeah, a strapping young man, huh?"
Morgana shook her head.
"You know I like Italian names. How about Mario?"
"Mario? As in Mario brothers?"
"Okay, you and Gos spend way too much time together. How about Marco?"
"Mnh-Mnh. Marco? There was this kid in the second grade, every Friday he would trade lunches and made me eat sandiness sandwich for lunch."
"Ew."
"Yeah."
"How about um.. Ahote?"
"Ahote? Well that's uh different."
"It's beautiful. It's Hobi. It means um Restless one"
Drake laughed and scratched his head. "Well there wouldn't be any Ahote in kindergarten."
They both laugh and Gosalyn 10 years old comes walking down the stairs.
She's wearing an official St. Canard hockey jersey, baggy pants, black and hot pink sneakers, and hair is in a pony tail.
"Hey guys what's up?" She asked.
"We're just trying to think of a name for the Mallard boy."
Drake gasped. "I got it! How about D.J.!"
"D.J.?"
"Yeah, it's short for Drake Junior."
Morgana and Gosalyn both looked at each other and busted out laughing.
"Yeah, right. Like I'm going to name him that."
"Yeah, dad."
Drake crossed his arms in anger. "Well it's better then Ahote or Mario that Morgana came up with."
"Gos, what do you think we should name him?"
"Hmm… how about something normal like Spencer or Alex."
Molocule walks in with his ideas of names as well.
"I've always liked Molocule the fourth."
Drake rolled his eyes at that.
"Ha! Like I'd name my kid that. Over my dead body."
"That could be arranged." Molocule said.
The two of them started to argue with each other.
Morgana rolled her eyes at that. "You know what I'd like to name my baby?"
"Stay out of this!" The two exclaimed.
She sat back and watched them fight; the doorbell rang.
"Saved by the bell. That's probably Honker. See ya guys."
Gosalyn walked to the door and grabbed her skates on the floor, answered the door.
"Hey Gos."
"Hey! Come on let's go. Before World War three starts." She said.
She walked out and closed the door behind her.
"Fighting over colors for the baby room again?" Honker asked.
"Nope, now they're fighting over to baby names."
They laughed and skated away.
Hours later..
Gosalyn and Honker are skating back home and stopped at the new mall that was opening in a few days.
"This is going to be the coolest mall ever!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
"I know."
"There's going to be a rollercoaster, an ice rink everything! I can't wait for Saturday to come."
"So, you're going to the grand opening then?"
"Oh yeah! Dad said that's going to be a family event before baby gets here."
"Cool, maybe I'll see you there. My dad is going to take us there as well."
"Awesome!"
They skated past it and was so excited about it,
Gosalyn opens the door to the house. "I'm home!"
She dropped her skates on the floor and heard noise coming up from upstairs.
"Wonder what's going on?" She thought to herself.
The noise was coming from the babies room. The new added on room.
The gang was in there moving around a crib.
Drake dropped the crib and it landed on Molocules foot.
"Ouch! Watch it normal!"
"You shouldn't have had you're foot there zombie!"
Molocule zapped, Morgana is sitting in a rocking chair just shaking her head in disgust.
Gosalyn laughs at that and walks in.
"Isn't this where I left?"
"Very same."
"So pops, what time are going on Saturday?"
Drake paused and looked at her.
"Going for what?"
"The Mall of St. Canard duh! The grand opening is Saturday."
"Oh yeah that… Gos."
Gosalyn just KNEW that tone and stood there.
"NO! You can't back down! I got it on contact!"
"Am sorry Gos. But Morgana is in no condition to go to a crowded mall. And the whole mall doesn't sound right to me,"
"You got to be kidding me! What's not safe?! It's a mall!"
"With rollercoaster's and other unsafe things." Drake added in.
"Fine, then I'll go with Honker and his dad. So you guys can stay here. Problem solved."
"Gos, I really need you to stay here."
"This stinks on ice! Just because Morgana is pregnant. That means that I can't have any fun?!"
She stormed out and slammed the door behind her.
"Welcome to the real world Gosalyn. You can't always get what you want!" Drake called out.
Molocule clapped at that. "Great parenting skills.
Drake mocked him, before things could get any worse. Morgana stepped in front of them.
"Can't you two just please get along for the baby?"
They both looked at her and smiled.
"Oh, I can't wait for the little warlock to get here." Molocule said.
"What makes you think he's going to have powers?"
"Well the mom is a witch. So the baby will have powers." Molocule said.
"What if it's just a normal boy? What then?" Drake asked.
"Don't remind me. But I'm sure my side of the family will be in there."
Morgana walked out of the room and just let them argue.
She walked past Gosalyn's room and knocked on the door.
"Gos, it's me. Can I come in?"
"It's a free country isn't it?" Gosalyn said from inside.
Morgana walked inside and saw Gosalyn sitting on the bed tossing a ball against the wall.
"Mind if I sit down next to you?"
"What ever."
Morgana sat down next to her and grabbed the ball from Gosalyn.
"HEY!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
"I know that you're upset about not going to the mall this weekend. But I thought that the two of us could paint the baby room together."
"What ever."
"Just think about it okay."
"Think about what? Being the only kid in St. Canard that's not going to the grand opening on Saturday?"
Morgana sighed and tried to get up. "Whoa, that's one thing that I'm not going to miss with the baby. Is being able to get up on my own." She laughed.
"What ever." Gosalyn replied.
Morgana walked to the door when Gosalyn spoke up.
"You know you was a lot more fun before you get pregnant."
"Yeah I hear that a lot."
Morgana walked out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Gosalyn watched her and then looked back at the wall and sighed.
The next day Gosalyn and Honker are walking to school.
"So, you're not going to the grand opening tomorrow?" Honker asked.
"Who said that I wasn't going? I'm going."
"But you just said that Morgana and you're dad said no."
"Yeah that's because she's knocked up and everybody is worried that she's going to pop at the mall. Sometimes, I wish that things was back they way it was. Before the little intruder showed up."
"The intruder?"
"What else would you call someone that just shows up out of nowhere."
"Well maybe you can come with me. When my family goes on Saturday."
"No, I already tried that. Dad said no that he wants the family at home. Unless…" She trailed on.
"Unless what?" Honker asked.
"Unless I suck up to him. And then he has no choice but to let me go."
"What if that doesn't work?"
"Then I'll just sneak out and meet you there."
"Sounds like you got everything planned."
"Oh, yeah. Nothing is going to stop me from going to the coolest thing in the world."
They walked into the school.
Back in the tower..
Darkwing is doing research about the mall he just couldn't get it out of his head.
"What's ya up to DW?" Launch Pad asked.
"Looking up anything I can find about the mall."
Launch Pad laughed. "Ah, Gosalyn is giving you the silent treatment huh?"
"Yeah that and I don't know. I just can't shake the idea that something is not right with the mall."
"About what?"
"I don't know. Something about it just isn't right. That's why I'm looking up anything I can about it. Besides I need to get out of the house Morgana's family is driving me crazy!"
"It should be any day shouldn't it?"
"Yeah, and I can't wait for my son to come."
He continued to look up information.
Hours later at the Mallard home..
Drake is in Gosalyn's room and is shocked.
"It's amazing! It's incredible!" Drake exclaimed.
Gosalyn's room is totally spot less leaving him speech less.
"I don't believe it!"
"Tada!" Gosalyn presents with a big grin on her face.
"I can't believe it! You Gosalyn actually cleaned you're room."
"You said that if I cleaned my room. I could do what ever I want this weekend. Remember?"
"Yes, but I didn't think that you would actually do it. I'm very proud of you Gos."
He then paused and turned to her. "Alright, what do you want?"
Gosalyn gasped surprised. "What makes you think I want something?"
Drake raised an eye brow at her.
"Alright just sign this." Gosalyn said.
He looked at the papers and back at her.
"Sign what exactly?"
"Just saying that you approve my room. Normal paper work."
"Uh huh. But you know that I wouldn't sign anything till I read it. I'll just sit down and read it."
He goes to sit on the bed and her eyes widen and gasped.
"DAD! NO!"
He went to sit down, fell on his butt with a big old paint smear. He looked at it surprised and looked back at Gosalyn.
Gosalyn chuckled and went to take off running, he grabbed her by the shirt.
"So, you cleaned you're room huh?"
He put his hand down the scene with a huge paint on his hands. He flipped the scene to show a big messy room. His jaw dropped to the ground.
Gosalyn covered her eyes and grinned at her dad.
"I might have missed a few spots." She laughed.
He picked up the papers and looked at them.
"Let's see what you really wanted me to sign."
There was another page stuck on top of it.
"Hmm… what do we have here?"
He flipped it up and read it.
"I Drake Mallard give permission for my daughter to go to the mall with the Muddle foot." He read.
He ripped it and shook his head. "Nice try Gos. But the answer is still no. I don't want you to go there! I need you here not at the mall. So until this room is cleaned there will be nothing."
He walked out of the room and she sighed. "Well it was worth a try. Time for plan B."
Her walkee talkee started to go off, she picked it up and answered it.
"Hey Honk… No plan A backfired… Yep, plan B is a go. See you tomorrow."
She turned it off and smiled.
"I'm going to the mall. And nothing is going to stop me." She smiled.
Dinner time is now here.
And even though she's still planning to sneak out she's on her best behavior.
"Want some more peas pop?" She asked pleasantly.
"My answer is still no."
"No to what?" Morgana asked.
"She's still asking me if she can go to the mall tomorrow."
"Why don't you let her go? There's nothing really that she could do." Molocule said.
Gosalyn grinned and hugged her which really surprised her.
"Yeah dad listen to him. He knows what he's talking about."
"Sorry Gos. The answer is still no."
Gosalyn glared at him.
"FINE!' She exclaimed.
She stood up and stormed out of the dinning room.
Morgana sighed and looked at him.
"Dark, why don't you just let her go."
"Not you too Morg. I need the whole family here. What if you go into labor? I can't afford to have her doing who knows what. So she's staying here. Where I can keep an eye out on her."
Morgana sighed and stood up. "If you say so."
Later that night..
Darkwing and Launch Pad are at the mall looking around.
He just couldn't keep the thoughts out of his head about the mall.
They're in the garage of it looking around with flashlights.
"I just got to look this place over before I let Gosalyn come here."
"Still got the feeling about it?"
"Yeah, and it's worse then before."
They looked around and so far everything is good.
Launch Pad spotted a shadow on the wall that freaked him out.
"Ahh!"
Darkwing looked at him weird. "What?"
He looked up at the shadow and screamed also.
"Ahh!"
Molocule walked out of the darkness.
"You normal's are so jumpy."
Darkwing narrowed his eyes at him.
"What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to know what my –ahem- son in law does for a living. And it turns out you sneak into buildings in the middle of the night."
"Ha ha funny."
Launch Pad is looking at the wall and saw something.
"Hey DW check this out."
He and Molocule walked over to him and saw cracks on the wall.
"Wow, that's some crappy job." Darkwing said.
"And that's not all." Launch Pad said.
They followed him to another spot on a post.
Darkwing ran his hand down on it and a huge chunk fell into his hands.
His eyes widen at the sight.
"Now I'm no expert or anything. But is that supposed to happen?" Launch Pad asked.
"No, it's not. This place is a death trap." Darkwing replied.
"So you figured out my plan huh?" A voice said from the darkness.
The threesome looked over and saw NegaDuck walking in.
To Be Continued…