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To The West
Chapter 1:
The ducks were relaxing in the rec room, trying to entertain themselves in any way they could. It was off season and hockey wouldn't start for two months. So everyone had a little more time then usual. Mallory and Grin were playing chess while Duke and Nosedive played air hockey. Tanya and tinkering with new weapons and Wildwing was chilling on the couch reading some sports magazines.
Everything had been quiet around Anaheim. They were beginning to miss the action. At least they had their practices to look forward to. Mallory and Grin finished their chess game calling it a tie. Grin went off to Meditate while Mallory went and joined Wildwing on the couch.
"What'cha reading?" She sat down next to him and looked at Duke and Nosedive carrying on about who won the last round.
"Section on hockey and new up and coming players. People we're going to be playing against next season." He closed the magazine and threw in down on the other seat next to him. "Need something?"
"No just bored. I actually miss all of the nut balls causing trouble." Mallory put her feet up and put her hands behind her head to use like a pillow.
Wildwing gave Mallory a hard look. "Yeah as horrible it is to say that you miss bad guys terrorizing and causing innocent people grief."
"When you say it like that it sounds kinda bad." Mallory cringed, realizing what she said sounded like.
"That's cause it is kinda bad." Wildwing had been a little more grumpy as of recent and Mallory found that out of anybody he had been the shortest with her. He stood up and walked away. "I'm going to grab some stuff before practice."
Mallory just nodded, feelings a little hurt that he had reacted so harshly. "Okay."
Nosedive and Duke seeing Wildwing's grumpy reaction looked at each other and just shrugged. Seeing Mallory sitting on the couch looking confused, Nosedive walked over and jumped onto the seat next to her.
"Don't worry Mal. He's just been a little grumpy lately. He'll get over it." Putting an arm around her shoulders he pulled her into his side in a confronting hug.
"Oh yeah? When? Hopefully soon, cause he seems to be the most pissed off with me for some reason." Mallory grumbled in annoyance.
"Ya I noticed that. When it comes to you he reacts a little let's say... more strongly." Duke rubbed his beak in thought. "Matter of fact, every time I've seen you talk to him these past two weeks his been kinda grumpy. Maybe our leader has a crush."
Mallory's turned sharply to Duke with a little blush on her cheeks. She hopped that this had been the reason Wildwing had been so grumpy because she liked him too. "What if he did like me? All he had to do was say something."
"Nah! That's not it! I'm his brother okay. I know when my bro likes a girl, I've seen it first hand when we were growing up. This isn't that."
Mallory felt a little crushed at that, her fragile hopes instantly shattered. "Well so much for that." She thought bitterly.
"Well whatever the case. Maybe it's best that you leave him be for the time being." Duke placed his hand on her shoulder.
Mallory raised her eyebrow at that. "You think that I should avoid him and that will put him in a better mood?" It sounded stupid to her but she supposed it was worth a shot. "Alright fine! Just as long as I don't have to deal with his grumpiness." Mallory crossed her arms in frustration. She could pretend that she didn't care and maybe slowly pull herself off this long time crush she's had on Wildwing.
Wildwing decided to walk back in at that moment and saw Mallory in the same spot with Duke's hand on one shoulder and Nosedive's arm around her. He glared at the three on the sofa. "Hey guys, enough chit chat it's time for practice." They looked at him surprised but all jumped up and started heading to the locker rooms, passing him on the way. He glared at Mallory as she passed by, who didn't even look at him. She could feel his fringed glare going through her as she passed by him, without even looking, she just was going to do what Duke suggested and try to avoid him when ever possible.
On the ice practice was pretty normal. He was in his leader roll and giving commands and practicing plays and drills. After practice, everyone was in the locker rooms changing going over what they needed to work on. "Nosedive great speed and good shots out there, but your team work needs a little practice, you were hogging the puck tonight during plays."
"Alright bro."
"Duke your good nothing you need to work on." Duke just smiled smugly at Nosedive who glared back at him.
"Tanya good shots as well but you need to work on your speed." Tanya nodded. "I'll start timing myself and ya know, how quickly I can get across the ice."
"Grin great defense and powerful shots, but you also need to work on your speed and accuracy."
"I shall mediate on the matter."
"Mallory your shoots were sloppy tonight but your speed is good. Just work on your accuracy." Mallory just nodded.
"Alright everyone good job tonight." With that everyone split off. The girls went into a separate changing room while the guys went into another.
In the girls room Mallory and Tanya had just finished putting their gear away.
"Hey Tanya. Want to go to a movie? You know like a girls night out?"
"Sure! There's this new movie that came out last week called Invasion of the Giant Space Radishes that I have wanted to see."
"Cool. I'll check the times and see what I can find." They both showered and changed.
Meanwhile in the men's rooms, all the guys were in the giant communal showers talking and laughing about the practice, except for Wildwing, whose mind was on other things.
Mainly how he had walked in on what looked like an intimate setting between Mallory, Duke, and Nosedive before practice. Seeing them all so close annoyed him. He realized that it shouldn't have and that it probably was nothing but he had been annoyed none the less. He liked Mallory a little too much and as her leader that was unacceptable but the idea of her being with someone else pissed him off. So right now he was trying to do anything possible to distance himself from her and it had been working until he walked in and saw the three of them together on the couch. He felt a burning jealously in his gut at Duke and Nosedive, though mainly it was directed at Duke, cause he knew Nosedive and he knew that Nosedive didn't see Mallory like that. Duke on the other hand had made some off hand comments that had him thinking that perhaps he was pursuing her.
"Whatever it's not my concern. I'm their leader, that's all that I need to be focused on." He angrily scrubbed the shampoo out of his hair and finished his shower. He didn't want to think about her too much in view of the others in the showers, his thoughts about her tended to stray to more private things and he didn't want to get excited.
After all as a male who had been stuck on earth for a year now his body was dying for attention, attention from Mallory.
"Yo bro! I bored lets go to a movie of something!"
"Yeah hey a movies not a bad idea!" Duke chimed in.
Grin looked over his shoulder and nodded. "Getting out will be good for our energy."
Wildwing nodded. "Yeah that does sound like a good idea."
"Coolella! Let's ask the girls and see if they want to go."
After they were all showered and dressed, the guys found the girls all dressed up and looking like they were ready for a night out on the town. Wildwing's jaw almost dropped at seeing Mallory in a short black tube dress that clung to her like a second skin, with match black heels. Her hair was pushed back out of her face and her makeup was done so that the green of her eyes were accentuated. She looked positively gorgeous. "Great just what I needed to see." He growled to himself.
"Wow Mal Mal. Sweetheart you look good." Duke walked up to her and put an arm around her shoulders. Wildwing's right eye actually twitched. "Something else that I totally did not want to see." He crossed his arms and glared at the two of them from behind his mask. The mask hiding his face and emotions.
"Yeah we were gonna go to a, ah you know, movie." Said Tanya walking out in a nice dress as well.
"Oh oh, what beautiful ladies we have here tonight. Surely your not planning on going by yourselves."
"Well we were going to do a girls night out at the movies." Said Mallory looking at Tanya who just shrugged.
"Well we could do ours girls night out another time. It'll be nice to have everyone to see a movie together after all how often do we get to do it." Tanya smiled at everyone while Mallory tried to hide her disappointment by smiling and nodding.
"Coolella! I'll drive."
Once they got to the theater, Mallory did everything possible not to be next to Wildwing without being too obvious. Wildwing didn't seem to notice since he was talking to Tanya and Grin most of the time. They got their tickets and everyone got into the theaters and found seats. Wildwing was on the outside seat. Seeing everyone pile in Mallory realized that she might have to sit next to Wildwing. "I'll be right back guys. I think I might go grab some sweets. Someone save me a seat."
Duke realizing that she was trying to follow his advise jumped into the seat next to Wildwing. "Sure thing Sweetheart. I'll save you one right next to me."
She smiled grateful that he had caught on and turned back to head back out to the food stands.
Duke leaned back in his chair and watched her walked away. She had a sexy little figure and he enjoyed the view. Looking over out of the corner of his eye he saw that Wildwing was staring at the screen not paying Mallory any attention.
Duke wasn't stupid. He knew that Wildwing had a thing for Mallory despite what Nosedive thought. Nosedive was thinking about Wildwing's reactions like back when they were kids, but Wildwing was a full grown man now. Men reacted to things differently then when they were kids. They also thought about things differently. Wildwing was trying to be a good leader and distance himself from Mallory because he thought it would be wrong of him to pursue her. Duke knew what was going on.
He had been a leader himself once and back when he was younger he had tried to do the same thing with a women he liked back in the Brotherhood of the Blade. That ended up not working, he had just frustrated himself and burnt himself out quicker. One night he finally couldn't take it anymore and he went to her apartment, intending to kick her out because she was a distraction but instead they ended up in bed together. What a night.
Duke had the feeling that Wildwing at some point was going to end up doing the same thing with Mallory. It was obvious to Duke that Mallory had a thing for Wildwing, not matter how she tried to hide it. So her avoiding him was going to start to get to him, it was only a matter of time before he snapped and gave into what he wanted just like Duke did.
Mallory finally came back with some chocolates and scooted passed Wildwing's and Duke's legs. Wildwing couldn't help but look at her butt and thighs as she went by in her dress. Duke just watched him and decided to flirt a little with Mallory, just to get to Wildwing a little. "Why don't you let me take you out on a date sometime?" Everyone's heads snapped over to the two of them. Duke smirked and Mallory blushed. Everyone looked to Mallory waiting for her reaction.
"Duke your just being a flirt."
Duke laughed. "Yeah I am. It's fun to flirt with beautiful women."
Mallory joined him in laughing. "Do you do this with all the beautiful woman you meet?"
"Pretty much." Causing Mallory to laugh again. Wildwing ground his teeth together behind the mask, feeling pissed that Mallory hadn't out right rejected Duke's offer. However before anything else could be said the movie started and everyone sat back and enjoyed it in silence.
Once the movie was over everyone was laughing and talking about how much they enjoyed it. Even Wildwing seemed more relaxed and back to himself. They were walking back to the Migrator when suddenly they were attacked. Dragaunus's goons were waiting for them.
"Ducks switch to battle gear!" Everyone did a quick change and were ready for action. However before they could even get a shoot off the Raptor de-cloaked and fired the dimensional gateway. Everyone grabbed onto something to try to stay on the ground.
Wildwing grabbed a light post and grabbed Nosedive's hand. Nosedive was holding onto his brother for dear life. Grin grabbed Tanya and the side of a building. It had helped him last time. Duke wasn't as lucky and was using his sword stabbed into the ground to try and stay in this world and Mallory was holding onto one of the Migrator's wheels. With nothing good to grab onto her fingers began to slip. "OH NO!" Losing her grip Mallory was sucked in first she watched her team get smaller and smaller as she disappeared down the purple gateway.
"MALLORY!" Duke cried out seeing her go in. The rest of the team looked to Duke wondering what was going to. Nosedive looked around trying to figure out what happened. "WHERE MALLORY?" He screamed to Wildwing who had his eyes clenched shut trying to keep himself and Nosedive from going into the gate way.
"What?" Opening his eyes he saw that Mallory was no where to be seen. "DUKE WHERE MALLORY?" Duke just pointed to the gateway. Then his sword slipped and he was sucked into the gateway as well.
"DUKE!" Wildwing yelled out for his teammate. Next went Tanya and Grin. The last to be sucked in was Wildwing and Nosedive. Wildwing didn't let go of his brother's hand the whole way through the purple gateway. They finally came out of other end and landed in sand dunes. Looking around they both saw that none of the others were there as they should have been.
"Oh man! Where are the guys?" Nosedive asked while rubbing his head. Wildwing looked at his com and found that it wasn't working. "Dive check your com see if you can get a signal."
Nosedive looked but shook his head in the negative. "Sorry bro. Mine's not working either."
"Great so we're in another dimension again and the whole team is split up in who knows where, with no form of communication between us."
"Sounds like an average day."
"Come on. We gotta figure out where we are and then hopefully find the others."
Seeing a town in the distance they both walked to it . When they reached the town they were surprised to find what looked like the old west but instead of horses they had motorcycles and cars that floated! It was like the old west met future technology. Wildwing and Nosedive looked to each and walked into the nearest bar. Wildwing entered first through some swinging doors. Surprised to find all kinds of different species there. There were lizards, ducks, humans, felines, and even some odd elongated aliens that had one large eye for a face. A few turned to stare at their clothing thinking them odd but went back to whatever it was they were doing before. Wildwing walked up to the bar with Nosedive following close behind.
"Wha can I do ya for gentlemen?" The bartender was a larger six armed alien with grey skin and four eyes.
"We just arrived here but we're looking for our friends, some other ducks. One is a swordsmen with grey feathers and an eye patch, another is a very large duck with grey feathers and a black pony tail. Then a blond female that has a nasally voice and is good with mechanics. The last one is a red headed female that is small but extremely tough and attractive."
Nosedive raised his eyebrow at Wildwing's description of Mallory. "Attractive? Where did that come from?"
The bar tender just nodded cleaning glasses with four hands while he crossed other two over his chest, appearing to be thinking. "The blond female and the large grey duck I haven't heard of but the other two I have."
"Scored big brother!" Nosedive pumped his fist into the air.
"Yeah the little red head was the first one that I saw. She came through here looking for her comrades but that was a week ago."
"Wow did you say a week?" Nosedive asked surprised.
Wildwing sighed. "Depending on when we went through must depend on when we got here. Mallory went through first so she got here in what sounds like a week ago. Duke went in not long after so he must have been here for a couple days. Tanya and Grin went next so they must have been here for a day or two. And we just got here."
The big bartender rubbed his fat chin not hearing their little conversation on the side. "Yep. Pretty little thing too. I remember seeing her walk in and was instantly worried for her. Pretty little things like that shouldn't be walking around a town like this alone if you know what I mean. There are a lot of rough characters here. As a matter of fact some jokers thought that they could mess with her. She taught them a lesson they would never forget but I'll give you the same advise I gave her. Try to blend in and folks won't bother you. There is a clothing shop down the road. Get yourself something to wear there."
"We'll do that, do you happen to know which way she was headed."
"I'm afraid I don't. But it can't hurt to ask the clothing store."
"Okay what about the other duck?" Wildwing hoped that at least they could find Duke faster.
"He was here the other day looking for his comrades as well. He seemed particularly keen on finding the pretty little red headed filly. Something about someone being after her. There was this odd fella' who followed her out of the bar."
"Did he say who? What did this guy look like?" Wildwing asked in worry.
"Afraid not and he was already dressed like the folks do around here. With a black eye patch, wearin' a long black coat, and black cowboy hat. The guy that followed her had his face covered, sorry."
"Thanks for your help." Wildwing tipped the bar tender some money who took it appreciatively.
"A pleasure gentlemen."
Wildwing and Nosedive walked out of the saloon and made their way to the clothing shop. Changing out of their battle gear, they both got long brown trench coats with holsters, and brown cowboy hats. Wildwing kept his mask on, giving him a more menacing looking.
Nosedive looked himself over in the mirror. "Oh yeah I look awesome!" He twirled his guns on his fingers like a proper cowboy and slipped them into his holsters. Nosedive's coat and hat were a lighter brown then Wildwing's, but it looked good with his hair and his feathers. Seeing some old western scarves that they used to keep the sand out of there faces he grabbed one for himself and his bother. Tying the red one around his neck he completed the look, making sure to leave the scarf long enough so that he could pull it over his face when walking through the desert.
He handed Wildwing his scarf, which was at teal color like his uniform. Wildwing nodded and tied it around his neck. Paying for their clothes they asked a couple of questions about the other ducks. Unfortunately the female store owner had not heard of the others, only Mallory who had bought clothes from them.
"But she said somethin' about headed to New Port. Trying to find leads on her friends. I'm sorry you missed her handsome." The store owner flirted with Wildwing who just ignored it. "What was she wearing?"
"Well she bought a lovely dark purple leather bustier that ended just below her ribs and Purple pants with a black belt. Her trench coat was a long dark brown one and she wore and dark brown cowboy hat. Her hair was red like fire and she was a busty little thing, I had to go through several bustiers to find one that would hold her chest. Haha... Let's see what else. Oh her boots were these lovely brown leather ones that went up over her knees and laced up the back. She looked something fine when she left here."
"Alright so which way is New Port?" Nosedive asked the female duck behind the register who was busy making eyes at his big brother.
She seemed surprised and snapped out of it. "Oh it's west. If you just keep heading west that way you'll find it." She said in a heavy southern accent. "But if your goin' I would take some bikes. It's a long way from here. She did. Papa's got a garage out back of old bikes that he just can't sell. He'll sell you some for a great price. I'll even get him to lower it for you. Since your looking for your lost friend and all. Besides she was sweet thing and my brother was practically falling all over himself to help her. Hahaha."
Wildwing just nodded. "We appreciate that."
"Follow me." She lead them out back to and old garage. "Papa... Papa." The old duck was under some vehicle muttering to himself, not hearing his daughter call out to him. "Papa." She called out and in a sweet voice laughing a little awkwardly from not getting her fathers attention. She was going to have to used her loud voice. "PAPAAA!" The old duck jumped and hit his head on the machine above him. "OUCH!" He rolled out from under the bike and sat up to rub his forehead. "Yes darlin?"
"These two gentlemen are looking to buy some bikes. Give them a good price okay." She said sweetly and started walking back to the shop swaying her hips. "Came back to see me now ya hear." She winked at Wildwing going by and went back into the shop.
The old man got up and greeted them properly. "Sorry about that when I get into my work it's hard ta pull me out. So your lookin' for some bikes?"
"Yeah." Wildwing just looked around his shop at the shitty bikes he had there. "Well come on and take a look. I'll show you what I have."
After looking around for a bit they didn't find anything that they didn't think would fall apart. "Do you have anything nicer?" Nosedive asked bluntly.
Wildwing elbowed his little brother. "What he means is, we have a long journey ahead of us and we're going to need something that's going to hold up over long distances."
"Oh well why didn't you say so. I'll show you the bikes I showed this pretty young filly that came through here a week ago. Hey Johnny! You got the keys to the special garage?" A young man Mallory's age came out carrying bike parts. He was handsome but kinda skinny.
"Sure pa. Here." He tossed the keys to his father and went about his business. Wildwing sized up the youth that had apparently been falling all over Mallory. He wasn't impressed.
The old man caught the keys and opened a large garage. "Alright here they are."
"What did the red head buy?" Wildwing wanted to know what kind of vehicle to look for.
The old man raised an eyebrow. "Why? How do you know she was a red head? You ain't after her are ya?"
"We're her comrades. She came through looking for us but it sounds like she is in trouble so we need something fast and we need to know what she was driving."
It was the son who spoke up this time. "Someone is after lovely miss Mallory?"
Wildwing just nodded.
"Well she bought this bike here." He pointed to a bike that looked like a custom chopper with an elongated front so that the wheel was further out in front of you. "This bike can hover for short periods of time. But it will get you across the desert crazy fast on it's wheels."
Wildwing nodded. "I'll take that one."
Nosedive looked around the shop some more. "Hey what does this one do?" He pointed to a futuristic bike in the corner, it was made so that you laid down on it like a crotch rocket. But it had no wheels.
"That one there is a hover bike. It's not as fast as the chopper but its pretty fast and fun. It's good for long journey's too."
"I'll take it!"
Finally they picked out there bikes and were ready to take off after Duke and Mallory.
"Bro these bikes are rad!"
Wildwing nodded. "Let's just get to this New Port and find Mallory and Duke. Then we can start looking for Tanya and Grin."
"You think people are chasing after Mallory? Like that old bartender said?"
"Let's hope not."
With that Wildwing and Nosedive gunned it west.
…..
One week earlier:
Mallory came flying out of her gateway and landed in the middle of the desert. "Wow!" She crashed into a sand dune head first. "Ouch!"
"Where the heck am I?" Looking around she saw a small town in the distance. Getting up on her feet she walked into town. Looking around she saw the saloon and went in to ask about the others.
Walking up the the bar, she didn't notice the and men in the corner playing cards looking at her as she came in. The bartender watched her come in, nervously shifting his eyes from her to the corner of the saloon. "Young filly you shouldn't be in a place like this." The bartender whispered to her. The fact that he was a large alien with six arms and four eyes didn't bother her in the least. She looked around to see an eclectic mix of species, including some ducks and felines in the corner playing cards watching her.
She focused her attention back on the bartender and asked about her friends and if he had seen them. "No can't say I have. But listen your drawing a lot of attention to yourself in that outfit. Go to the store down to the right here and get'cha some clothes that will help ya blend in. You look like you came from the stars or somethin'" Just as he finished saying that the ducks and felines that were sitting in the corner surrounded Mallory. A duck with brown feathers, who seemed to be the leader of this little gang of misfits sat down next to her, scooting in real close.
"Well aren't you just the cutest little piece of pussy that's walked in here in years." He got real close to her face. Mallory could smell the alcohol on his rancid breath.
"Listen, I was having a conversation with this fellow here. So be a smart boy and walk away." Mallory was in no mood for games.
"Wow boss this one's got a mouth on her!" Said a black feline, swishing his tail behind him.
"Ya I can put that mouth to betta use." The leader went in to grab Mallory's face only for her to twist his hand and toss him over her body into two of his men. The other two behind her were so shocked that they didn't even see the round house kick coming hitting one in the side of the head and sending his head crashing into the guys head next to him, knocking them out cold. The leader was climbing off the top of his two buddies when Mallory kneed him in the side of the head knocking him out. She then kicked his buddies in the faces, knocking them out. All was quiet around the bar for a few seconds until Mallory walked back to the bar and took a seat.
"Now where was I?" She asked. Everyone went back to what they were doing and the piano started playing in the background trying to calm peoples nerves. The bartender scratched his head. "Did that just happen?"
"It did."
"Oh well you were asking about your comrades but I haven't seen or heard from them. However if you go to the clothing store and I highly recommend that you do, they might be able to help you out darlin'."
Mallory nodded. "Thanks" She walked back out into the streets and headed to the mentioned clothing store not realizing that some duck that had been in the bar, followed her out. He was in a trench coat that buttoned up the front covering his beak and he had some sandy blond hair that was cut short but his long bangs fell in his blue eyes. He watch Mallory walk away through some dark brown round sunglasses. Slowly he followed her down the street not realizing the bartender had seen him.
…..
Mallory walked into the clothing store. "Hello?" Not seeing anyone at first. Suddenly a young women came out wear and old western dress. She was a little heavy but had a cute face. "Well welcome darlin. What can I do ya for?"
"Some clothes and information"
"Of course! What kind of clothes and information are ya looking for?"
"Something that will help me blend in."
"I've got just the thing for you deary." The female duck came back with armloads of clothing. "Try some of these." She lead Mallory back to a dressing room. Mallory tried on many things but ended up grabbing a pair of purple pants that hugged her hips with a black belt around them. Some dark brown boots, dark brown trench coat and cowboy hat to match. The only thing she needed was a top, the only issue was that all of the bustiers were too small for her chest. "Excuse me do you have some bustiers that are a little bigger on the chest?"
"Well that's a large B cup you can't be bigger then... oh you are." The female duck walked over to see Mallory almost spilling out of her top. "Let me see what I have in back." She came back with several bustiers.
"Okay here is a small c cup. Let's see how you do."
Mallory put it on only to find that it was still a little to small. Trying on a large C cup she found it fit just right. The young female duck looked Mallory over after she was fully dressed. Cowboy hat and all.
"It's missin' somethin." She tapped her finger to her beak in thought. "Oh I know!" She ran back out and came back with a black choker necklace, it had a black stone in the center hanging down between her collar bones.
"Perfect! There isn't a man out there that won't want ya! You blend in perfectly with everyone else here but you look gorgeous!" Towards the end of her sentence her voice went deeper and louder. It was cute in an annoying way. Mallory just smiled and thanked her.
"How do you keep such a fine shape. Your body is perfect!"
"Oh I fight a lot."
The female duck gasped in horror. "Oh no, no, that's not for me. A proper young lady doesn't figh'. She lets her man do it for her."
Mallory chose not to say anything about that. Not wanting to offend the duck that just helped her.
"Well this is everything I need I guess. Mallory walked to the front with the duck and paid for her items.
"Listen, I'm looking for my comrades a bunch of other ducks. Honestly I don't know if they are even here but it would be a group of them." Mallory described the her team but the duck had never seen anyone that looked like them. Mallory sighed. "I think I'm on my own then."
Seeing her forlorn look the duck thought of something else. "Well they may be in New Port." Mallory's head popped up in curiosity? "New Port?"
"Yeah if your looking for somebody then there is a good chance that they will be there. Also they got this mystic over there that rumors say can open gateways to other worlds." She whispered the last part making Mallory almost dive over the counter at the girl.
"How can I find this mystic?"
"Oh well I surely don't know but if you ask around the city I'm sure someone can lead ya to him." Mallory nodded. She was eager and hopeful.
"But it's a long ways ride from here. Your gonna need a bike. Papa's got a garage in the back that he works on bikes. He could sell you one."
Mallory nodded."Yeah lead the way." Taking Mallory to the back she found the old duck working under a bike. "PAPA!" The old man hit his head on the bike and came out from under it. "Yes darlin?"
"This young fine filly needs a bike." The old man looked at Mallory and his jaw dropped.
"Wow you don't see women like that here!"
"Wha about women pa?" A handsome skinny duck Mallory's age came out around the corner. His jaw dropped just like his old man's when he saw Mallory. He came right out to introduce himself, tripping over everything and anything to come greet her.
He took her hand and kissed it. Making Mallory want to flinch and pull her hand away but she kept her composer and let him.
"Oh look out. Johnny will try to make you his wife." The female duck whispered.
"Be quiet Sasha!" Johnny glared at the female duck now known as Sasha. "Oh please you made a damn fool of yourself tripping all over like that just to kiss her hand and your embarrassed about me saying you'll make her your wife. Yeesssh!"
"Yesssh is right." Mallory thought, cringing at the thought of this guy wanting to marry her. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Mallory McMallard."
"What a lovely name." Johnny said looking at Mallory with dreamy eyes. Sasha just shook her head.
"Alright suga' this is where I leave you. Ya'll come back now." Sasha walked back to the shop waiting for more customers. Johnny still stared at Mallory, love struck. "Maybe I should have bought something that is less... revealing."
"Well while Johnny's in wonderland. Why don't you come with me and take a look at what I got."
Mallory found a bike fast and paid hardly any money for it. Unlike the clothing. "You take care of yourself young filly. Lot of bad men around here." The old duck said whipping oil from his forehead.
Mallory thanked them for their help and drove off. She found the nearest hotel and got a room. She would stay for a few nights and see if anyone else showed up. If not then she would have to start the search for this mystic herself.
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It had been a two days and no one had come. She had even driven out the the spot herself and found no evidence of anyone being there. So two days had passed and Mallory was off to the city of New Port. However she was very aware of the constant companion she had in the form of a stalker. Riding his bike a mile behind her. In the desert even a mile off you were obvious. At first she thought that he might be heading to the next town only to find that when she drove through it that he did too. It was getting dark now and the next town was coming up fast. Mallory pulled over at a hotel and checked into a decent room. Looking out her window she saw the man had parked his bike across the street from hers.
"Alright buddy you want to go. Let's do this." She walked out of her hotel room and down the street a bar. Going up to it she grabbed a seat so the she could see who came in and ordered a glass of water. Paying five dollars for it. Out here in the desert they charged for water unlike back in Anaheim. Mallory sipped it and waited for her stalker to enter the bar, not even a minute later he did. Taking a seat in the corner where he could see her. However Mallory got up and walked out the back not a minute later, waiting around corner outside for him to follow her out. She pulled out her puck gun and waited. Soon after she heard someone exit the bar as well. Mallory jumped out from around the corner with her gun aimed at the blond man with the tan trench coat. He froze his ice blue eyes large at being caught.
"Why are you following me? What do you want?" His eyes went from wide to looking like they were smiling.
"You caught me! Your good!" He pulled down his trench coat to reveal a handsome duck that was two years older then her. He smiled charmingly at her with his perfect white teeth.
Mallory's eyes went wide. "Wha?"
"Well the reason I'm following you is because I saw you the bar at the Dusty Road saloon, back in Bakersville. I thought that you were by far the most beautiful woman I had ever seen but then I followed you to that clothing shop, I wasn't spying on you changing by the way, and heard that you were looking for the mystic in New Port. So I figured that I would just follow you until you got there and protect you on the way. Like I said before your very beautiful and many men would love to get their dirty hands on you." He smiled again at the end of his long explanation.
Mallory just looked at him oddly. "Oookay. What's your name?"
His smile widened even more. "Cash! Cash Warren at your service!" He executed a proper bow and stood up straight. He was very tall and lean. Mallory sighed and put her gun away. This guy didn't seem like he would hurt a fly.
"Look Cash. I'm on an urgent mission and I can't afford to loss time on it."
"Oh I completely understand! I am too!" Mallory huffed.
"Look I'm trying to tell you nicely to go away." She crossed her arms in front of her chest.
Cash just shook his head. "No can do! I'm going with you! Sorry but you can't stop me from following you." Mallory pulled her gun out and pointed it in his face. He comically put his arms up over his head. "Okay maybe you can." He looked nervously down her gun at her and smiled a shakily.
Mallory glared at him. "Go away." She turned from him and walked back to her apartment. He followed her at a distance of course but settled into the alley way, across from her apartment and went to sleep.
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Mallory woke with the sun, took a shower and got ready for the day. She went to her bike and found Cash's bike there but no Cash. "Ha! So much for his 'You can't stop me from following you' speech." Mallory got on her bike and took off for the next town. It took the whole day but she finally got there and checked into a hotel. Walking back out to find some food, she unexpectantly found Cash leaning against her bike, smiling at her.
Mallory paused and looked at him surprised. "How did you-"
"I told you! You can't stop me from following you." He held his arms out like he was presenting himself for the first time to her.
Mallory just stood there with her hands on her hips and rolled her eyes to the sky. "Oh brother." She ignored him and went off to find her food. When she was done she went back to her hotel room and slept. Then left early in the morning with Cash following her.
It went on like this for a week before Mallory finally was ready to have a fit. She went to a saloon planning to drink herself silly. When she didn't come out in the amount of time she usually did, Cash went to look for her and found her drunk at the bar. At first he had been worried that someone would have tried to take advantage of her but then the bartender informed him that she broke a man's hand early that night and no one has bothered her since.
Cash nodded and went to her side. "Hi Mallory."
"Wait. How do yous know my names?" She said drunkenly, swaying on her stool at the bar.
"Oh don't you remember I followed you after that one bar and over to the clothing store where you changed, you have a very beautiful body by the way, and to the garage when I heard you say your full name."
"I thought you said you didn't peak." She pointed a finger at him moving it back an forth between the two Cash's she was seeing. "I ought kick both your asses."
"Okay well you can do that tomorrow when you've slept off you alcohol and possible hang over." He helped her up.
"Your a jerk." She mumbled at him.
He started moving her out of the bar when he heard someone yell form the back.
"Hey where you goin' wit' my lady?" Some lizard man came up from the back.
Mallory was looking up instantly and pointing her finger in his face. "Who the fuck are you?" The lizard man looked offended. "Your new man."
"I don't know yous. Fuck off the lot of ya." Her words were starting to slur the longer she was standing.
"Okay there is no need to get aggressive sir. The lady and I were just leaving." Cash made to move for the door only to be blocked by two other lizards.
"You ain't goin' no where wit her bub. That bitch is mine." The lead lizard got in Cash's face. Hearing Mallory get called bitch was crossing the line for Cash. His face went from friendly to dead serious and dangerous fast.
"What did you call her?"
"I called her a -" Cash's fist connected with the lizards face so fast and hard that he was knocked across the room and thrown out the window. His buddies looked at were he had been to where he ended up then at each other.
"Anybody else have something to say." Cash's blue eyes screamed death. Both lizard brought their hands up in surrender, backing away. Cash nodded and helped Mallory out of the Saloon.
Outside he put her on his back and carried her piggy back style. Her long coat fell down behind them as he walked but her legs were on either side of his waist with his hand both holding a thigh. She wrapped her arms around his neck and laid her head into the back of his neck, breathing in his scent.
"You smell like lavender and spring rain." She said out loud causing him to blush.
"Oh you like my scent. I use a special shampoo and body soap." He smiled happy that she like his smell.
"This is all your fault." She grumbled.
"What! How so?"
"I'm drunk because I'm so frustrated with you."
"I don't see how that is my fault besides if you just had excepted my offer to travel together we would be all nice and cozy in a bed together in our hotel room." He had a big pervert grin across his face.
"I'm not sleeping with you!" That seemed to sober Mallory up.
"Oh boy! Just you and me in a hotel room together! I'm going to kiss every gorgeous inch of your body." Cash giggled like a school boy.
Mallory yelled at him from his back waving her fists in the air comically as Cash danced with her back to the hotel room. Where he dropped her on the bed and smiled down at her. His eyes went widen in wonder at seeing her large perky breast bounce around when he dropped her on the bed.
"Ooohh so beautiful." He leaned over and went to touch them only to feel pain in the side of his head. Mallory had grabbed the phone and clocked him over the side of the head with it hard. The resounding ring singing through the air lingered after the brutal hit.
"Oh ouch." Cash held his head in pain. Mallory was surprised that he didn't go down like most would have with that hit. So she hit him again in the same spot and that did it. Cash was out on the floor for the night. He smiled in his sleep making grabbing motions with his hands and drooling. "Boobies." He mumbled into the carpet.
Mallory just turned off the light and went to sleep.
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