Note: Except for Lafayette Plasimeaux and most of the characters in the Negaverse and this story's version of the Posiverse, neither I nor Mona (my E-mail pal and co-writer) own any of the characters in this story; Disney does. Therefore, this story is being written purely for fun:
Duckburg (a little over three weeks after the end of "A Bite For Old Times Sake"):
Magica DeSpell, Lafayette Plasimeaux and the Fearsome Five (four of whom had to be busted out one at a time over the past three weeks while Magica's next attempt at Scrooge's first dime was being planned out), were engaged in fierce battle with the Justice Ducks, who were called together by Gizmoduck shortly after he found out about the escape of the last Fearsome Five member and got a tip that Magica and Negaduck had aided in the FF members' individual escapes. Lafayette and Magica both secretly grinned at the sight of the seven-on-five battle they were joining in on. He and Magica had more than just an attempt on Mister McDuck's "ol' number one" in mind when they sprang the Fearsome Five. They were COUNTING on Gizmoduck finding out about the Fearsome Five's escapes and calling in the other Justice Ducks for back-up.
Once Morgana started charging up her mystic energy for an attack on the two mystically powered villains, they launched the next part of their plan; they combined their own magic in a joint "attack" on Morgana. As the sorceress poured on the mystic energy, she was unaware that she was merely providing the extra mystic juice Lafayette and Magica needed to spring their trap. The other Justice Ducks would have been just as unaware even if Darkwing wasn't already engaged in heated battle with Negaduck and the rest of the Justice Ducks had their hands just as full with the rest of the Fearsome Five (which WAS the case in this case).
Eventually, the trap got sprung; two massively spinning vortexes aimed at all the combatants, hero and villain alike. Lafayette and Magica knew the vortexes were coming, so Lafayette took ahold of Magica and Magica gave Lafayette enough of a temporary strength increase to resist the vortexes' pull. The Justice Ducks and the Fearsome Five, however, were caught completely unaware and ended up getting sucked right in. Darkwing, Morgana (whom Magica also nailed with some mysterious powder while Lafayette was holding her), Negaduck, Megavolt and Quackerjack got sucked into one vortex and Gizmoduck, Stegmutt, Neptunia, Bushroot and Liquidator got pulled into the other.
After the vortexes both closed, Lafayette finally spoke up. "So, zee Justice Canards and zee Fearsome Five, how vous say fell right into our trap, oui, Mademoiselle DeSpell?" the half-vampire warlock asked with an evil grin.
"Indeed, darlink. It takes immeasurable amounts of mystic energy to open up the gateways to other dimensions without any special equipment and as powerful as we both are, we could have only produced ONE portal between us and, even then, it wouldn't have left me with enough mystic energy to super-charge your strength properly. We needed Morgana to provide enough extra energy for us to create portals to TWO other universes and still allow me to have the power to give YOUR strength that ever-crucial extra-boost at the right time." Magica agreed.
"Actually, My former flame provided MORE than enough needed power. Zee portals will take them not only into zee Negaverse and Posiverse, but also zey will also take them into each universe's respective Saint Canard." Lafayette added with a grin.
"Not only that, but I also nailed her with some hex powder as she was getting sucked into one of the vortexes. Nothing lethal unfortunately, but it WILL cut her power in half. She will, regretfully, still be powerful enough to easily handle any non-mystical enemy on full alert, but she'll, thankfully, still be weakened enough for us to have some DEFINITE insurance that she and her do-gooder paramour WON'T be making any return trips to this universe anytime soon." Magica revealed
"Magnifique work, Mademoiselle DeSpell. I would say that it is, how vous say, now open season on Monsieur McDuck's dime." Lafayette observed evilly.
"Very true. With Gizmoduck and his allies out of our way, we have a free chance at McDuck's first dime, darlink." Magica said agreeingly as the two mystically powered villains headed off on their quest to get the first McDuck dime.
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The portal opened, depositing Gizmoduck, Stegmutt, Neptunia, Bushroot, and the Liquidator onto a dock.
Liquidator grabbed his half-plant ally. "Four out of five advisors say it's time for us to beat it."
Gizmoduck looked around blearily. "Where are we?"
Stegmutt shrugged. "Looks like St. Canard."
"I guess that warlock blew us all the way over here," commented Neptunia. She leaned over the edge of the dock and scooped up some of the water. "How long were we out?"
"Huh?" asked Stegmutt.
Neptunia dove in. "I can't remember when the water was so clean."
Gizmoduck glanced around. Not a piece of litter was in sight. "I guess the police have been cracking down on pollution."
Neptunia climbed out of the water. "I guess we should head to the Tower and try to make contact with the others."
"I guess so," replied Gizmoduck.
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Negaduck glanced around, then smiled. "Lucy, I'm home!"
Darkwing got up and looked around.
"Where are we?" asked Morgana, Quackerjack, and Megavolt in unison.
"The Negaverse," replied the two look-alikes.
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Gizmoduck, Stegmutt, and Neptunia ascended the staircase to the interior of the bridge tower.
"Gizmoduck! I know the sound of your wheel a mile away!" came a voice. It sounded familiar, but the tone was more mild, almost congenial.
"Wingy?" asked Gizmoduck.
A duck in a familiarly-cut green coat with silver buttons was on the railing. A navy mask covered the upper half of his face, and he wore a matching turtleneck. A darker-green cape and fedora completed the ensemble. "It's been a while! How are things in Duckburg?"
Neptunia glanced over the newcomer. "What's with the new outfit? Green isn't your color."
"You don't like it?" asked the duck. "Neps? What happened? I thought you had been cured?"
"Cured?" She repeated.
"You sued the company that was dumping the toxic chemicals that mutated you, and you won, remember? They paid to clean up the ocean, plus the gene therapy that turned you back to normal."
"Mr. Darkwing--" began Stegmutt.
"Steggers, are you delirious? Why are you calling me that?"
"You're the one who's acting weird," snapped Neptunia.
Gizmoduck signaled his teammates into a huddle. "Maybe that Plasimeaux cad gave him amnesia." He turned around. "Pretend I'm lost here. Who are you exactly?"
The duck's eyebrows shot up. "I'm your best friend, Posiduck. Gizmo?!" He looked hurt.
Gizmoduck only blinked once more at this as he silently thought to himself "Best friend? Posiduck? Wait a minute. I seem to recall Gyro explaining some sort of alternate universe theory to me a while back. Something he and a former partner of his; Median Gray; worked on for a while.".
The armored hero then spoke "Well, Posiduck,I think the reason we are so confused, and unintentionally got YOU so confused, is because Stegmutt, Neptunia and I happen to hail from another universe, as unbelievable as that sounds."
"Another universe? Hmmmm. In this business, one learns fairly quickly that anything IS possible and I suppose you three being from an alternate reality WOULD explain the confusion, but might I be out of bounds in asking how you got here?" Posiduck asked in a still friendly manner, feeling a bit less hurt now that he had some explanation about the odd behavior of these three familiar faces.
"Not at all, Posiduck. I'll be glad to explain. Well, we and our world's version of you and a Ms. McCawber were mixed up in a battle with seven super-villains; two of them skilled in sorcery." Gizmoduck began, noticing the blink of familiarity in Posiduck's eyes when the armored do-gooder mentioned Ms. McCawber. "Anyway, long story short, we and two of the villains we were fighting got caught in some sort of transportation vortex and ended up here, in your world. I noticed that Darkwing, as our world's version of you calls himself, Morgana and three more of the villains we were fighting ended up going through another portal and we don't know where THEY ended up. I just hope they're all right."
"Go on. Please tell me as much as you can about the villains you were fighting. Perhaps I'm familiar with my world's version of a few of the villains you were fighting. Especially tell me as much as you can about the two villains you are, no doubt, pursuing. I have a feeling they might be trouble and I want to be as much of a help to you three as possible." Posiduck politely urged on.
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Meanwhile, in the thick foresty area of the Posiverse Saint Canard, Bushroot and Liquidator, following their escape from Gizmoduck, Neptunia and Stegmutt, stopped for a quick rest.
Bushroot looked around with absolute glee about how healthy all the plants looked and how clean the air was. "I don't know what happened while we were out, but I'm certainly not complaining." the half-plant duck said happily.
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In the Negaverse, Negaduck tossed down one of his red smoke bombs and he and his two allies split the scene before Darkwing and Morgana recovered from the smoke.
After the smoke cleared and Darkwing and Morgana cleared their lungs, Morgana asked "Dark, darling, you've told me about the Negaverse a few times, but you also said it's been a couple of years since you were here last. Could you refresh my memory and explain what you know about the Negaverse?"
Darkwing looked at his fiancee` and said "The ultimate rough neighborhood, Morg. Believe me, the city's is still a bit cleaner and the buildings less run down than when I was last here, but it's still unmistakable. Basically things here are mostly the opposite of on our world."
Morgana tried to muster up enough mystic energy to create a portal back, but to no avail. The "hex powder" Magica nailed her with to reduce her magic to half-strength worked rather well and creating dimensional vortexes would be difficult for her at FULL strength. "Well, Dark, it looks like we're stuck here for the time-being." before spotting four familiar looking figures.
Morgana glared. Her power might be half what it normally was, but she still had enough power to give Negaduck's lackies a pretty good fight. However, her memory kicked in at the last second to stop her attack. Bushroot and Liquidator went through the other portal with Stegmutt, Neptunia and Gizmoduck and yet Bushroot and Liquidator were both here even though Stegmutt, Neptunia and Gizmoduck weren't.
Darkwing replied "The Friendly Four, I presume?" in a tone just different enough from Negaduck's normal pitch to tell the four Negaverse heroes that he was not Negaduck.
Nega-Megavolt nodded and said "Considering how this Morgana could have blasted us just moments ago and refrained from doing so and, judging by both the color scheme of your attire AND your demeanor, it's obvious that you're Darkwing Duck and this Morgana is from YOUR world. Well, we're just helping the police maintain the peace in this world; which is difficult enough without Negaduck back in town."
"Who is the major threat this time?" Darkwing asked.
"Nature abhors a vacuum, it seems. Until sixteen years ago, the major criminals were Ruddy and Anatina Mallard. When they were finally brought to justice, Negaduck busted them out and then started filling the void; eventually took over the city despite the police's, and OUR, best efforts. Then, two years ago, shortly after Negaduck's last appearance in this universe, a super-gang under the leadership of Negaduck's primary rival, one J. Gander Hooter, started making a bid for power. We, with the help of the police and the Fearless Organization for World Liberty, have been able to maintain order, but it hasn't been easy." Nega-Megavolt explained.
"Might I inquire as to who is in this 'super-gang' aside from Hooter himself?" Darkwing asked.
"Well, as far as we know, the gang consists of Doctor Sarah Bellum; Hooter's chief gadgeteer; Vladmir Grizzlikoff, Hooter's second-in-command; and Destructo-Duck, Stegmutt and Neptunia; Hooter's chief muscle. Of course, there's a considerable number of well-armed and well-muscled foot soliders too, but Hooter himself and the five members I've listed are the main ones." Nega-Megavolt answered.
"Okay, thank you for telling me." Darkwing said.
"I believe we'd better take you two to see Bulba and Steelbeak. Considering how much trouble Hooter and his gang have been, we're not in any position to turn down any help. Especially since Negaduck is back and will, no doubt, be trying to take back control over Saint Canard himself." Nega-Megavolt replied.
"To say nothing of our world's versions of you and Quackerjack." Darkwing added as he, Morgana and the Friendly Four left together.
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"What is this Negaverse, boss? I know you said that this world was your playground, but you've been pretty vague about everything else." Megavolt asked Negaduck when they and Quackerjack after they ducked into a secluded alley.
"My home. I've neglected it against my will for two years, but now that I'm finally back, you two are going to help me regain control over my beautiful Saint Canard." Negaduck answered.
"Well, we don't mind a challenge, Negaduck, but I think we'd better get at least a little help." Quackerjack said.
"I'm already thinking of that." Negaduck said as he handed Megavolt and Quackerjack pictures and last known addresses of the Negaverse Launchpad and Morgana.
"I want you two to track these two down and tell them that *I* sent you and requested they meet me at this address. Meanwhile, I'll go look up two more potential allies at an address only I know." the black-masked evil avian commented as he handed Quackerjack and Megavolt each a copy of an address for a building in the bad part of the Negaverse Saint Canard.
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Meanwhile, back in the Normalverse, Launchpad, who stayed out of the fight to keep any innocents at bay, but still witnessed the whole battle, knew he had to find some way to stop Magica and Lafayette, but knew he was no match for those two on his own. "First order of business is to warn Mister McD. Then, I have to see if Gyro has cooked up something that could be useful in stopping those villains." the pilot thought silently to himself.
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Elsewhere in the Negaverse, a solitary figure was seated behind a large oak desk behind a comfortable-looking chair with an attached stepladder. With white feathers and greying eyebrows, this diminutive, elderly owl still held a gleam of sharp criminal intelligence in his eyes. Garbed in a black tuxedo with a matching neck tie and a dark blue dress shirt and matching spats with a silver derby on his head. Upon watching the multi-screen monitor, he learned about Negaduck's return to the Negaverse and thought "Very well, Negaduck, I'll welcome the return of your competition. This time, however, I've got the edge." as a tall, slender female duck with black hair wearing a dark blue stylized lab coat walked over to the owl.
"So, Mister Hooter, do you want to familiarize yourself with my latest weapons, while I call up the others?"
"Indeed, Doctor Bellum." the Negaverse J. Gander Hooter said with an evil smile as he glanced up at his female companion and left the room.
Duckburg (a little over three weeks after the end of "A Bite For Old Times Sake"):
Magica DeSpell, Lafayette Plasimeaux and the Fearsome Five (four of whom had to be busted out one at a time over the past three weeks while Magica's next attempt at Scrooge's first dime was being planned out), were engaged in fierce battle with the Justice Ducks, who were called together by Gizmoduck shortly after he found out about the escape of the last Fearsome Five member and got a tip that Magica and Negaduck had aided in the FF members' individual escapes. Lafayette and Magica both secretly grinned at the sight of the seven-on-five battle they were joining in on. He and Magica had more than just an attempt on Mister McDuck's "ol' number one" in mind when they sprang the Fearsome Five. They were COUNTING on Gizmoduck finding out about the Fearsome Five's escapes and calling in the other Justice Ducks for back-up.
Once Morgana started charging up her mystic energy for an attack on the two mystically powered villains, they launched the next part of their plan; they combined their own magic in a joint "attack" on Morgana. As the sorceress poured on the mystic energy, she was unaware that she was merely providing the extra mystic juice Lafayette and Magica needed to spring their trap. The other Justice Ducks would have been just as unaware even if Darkwing wasn't already engaged in heated battle with Negaduck and the rest of the Justice Ducks had their hands just as full with the rest of the Fearsome Five (which WAS the case in this case).
Eventually, the trap got sprung; two massively spinning vortexes aimed at all the combatants, hero and villain alike. Lafayette and Magica knew the vortexes were coming, so Lafayette took ahold of Magica and Magica gave Lafayette enough of a temporary strength increase to resist the vortexes' pull. The Justice Ducks and the Fearsome Five, however, were caught completely unaware and ended up getting sucked right in. Darkwing, Morgana (whom Magica also nailed with some mysterious powder while Lafayette was holding her), Negaduck, Megavolt and Quackerjack got sucked into one vortex and Gizmoduck, Stegmutt, Neptunia, Bushroot and Liquidator got pulled into the other.
After the vortexes both closed, Lafayette finally spoke up. "So, zee Justice Canards and zee Fearsome Five, how vous say fell right into our trap, oui, Mademoiselle DeSpell?" the half-vampire warlock asked with an evil grin.
"Indeed, darlink. It takes immeasurable amounts of mystic energy to open up the gateways to other dimensions without any special equipment and as powerful as we both are, we could have only produced ONE portal between us and, even then, it wouldn't have left me with enough mystic energy to super-charge your strength properly. We needed Morgana to provide enough extra energy for us to create portals to TWO other universes and still allow me to have the power to give YOUR strength that ever-crucial extra-boost at the right time." Magica agreed.
"Actually, My former flame provided MORE than enough needed power. Zee portals will take them not only into zee Negaverse and Posiverse, but also zey will also take them into each universe's respective Saint Canard." Lafayette added with a grin.
"Not only that, but I also nailed her with some hex powder as she was getting sucked into one of the vortexes. Nothing lethal unfortunately, but it WILL cut her power in half. She will, regretfully, still be powerful enough to easily handle any non-mystical enemy on full alert, but she'll, thankfully, still be weakened enough for us to have some DEFINITE insurance that she and her do-gooder paramour WON'T be making any return trips to this universe anytime soon." Magica revealed
"Magnifique work, Mademoiselle DeSpell. I would say that it is, how vous say, now open season on Monsieur McDuck's dime." Lafayette observed evilly.
"Very true. With Gizmoduck and his allies out of our way, we have a free chance at McDuck's first dime, darlink." Magica said agreeingly as the two mystically powered villains headed off on their quest to get the first McDuck dime.
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The portal opened, depositing Gizmoduck, Stegmutt, Neptunia, Bushroot, and the Liquidator onto a dock.
Liquidator grabbed his half-plant ally. "Four out of five advisors say it's time for us to beat it."
Gizmoduck looked around blearily. "Where are we?"
Stegmutt shrugged. "Looks like St. Canard."
"I guess that warlock blew us all the way over here," commented Neptunia. She leaned over the edge of the dock and scooped up some of the water. "How long were we out?"
"Huh?" asked Stegmutt.
Neptunia dove in. "I can't remember when the water was so clean."
Gizmoduck glanced around. Not a piece of litter was in sight. "I guess the police have been cracking down on pollution."
Neptunia climbed out of the water. "I guess we should head to the Tower and try to make contact with the others."
"I guess so," replied Gizmoduck.
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Negaduck glanced around, then smiled. "Lucy, I'm home!"
Darkwing got up and looked around.
"Where are we?" asked Morgana, Quackerjack, and Megavolt in unison.
"The Negaverse," replied the two look-alikes.
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Gizmoduck, Stegmutt, and Neptunia ascended the staircase to the interior of the bridge tower.
"Gizmoduck! I know the sound of your wheel a mile away!" came a voice. It sounded familiar, but the tone was more mild, almost congenial.
"Wingy?" asked Gizmoduck.
A duck in a familiarly-cut green coat with silver buttons was on the railing. A navy mask covered the upper half of his face, and he wore a matching turtleneck. A darker-green cape and fedora completed the ensemble. "It's been a while! How are things in Duckburg?"
Neptunia glanced over the newcomer. "What's with the new outfit? Green isn't your color."
"You don't like it?" asked the duck. "Neps? What happened? I thought you had been cured?"
"Cured?" She repeated.
"You sued the company that was dumping the toxic chemicals that mutated you, and you won, remember? They paid to clean up the ocean, plus the gene therapy that turned you back to normal."
"Mr. Darkwing--" began Stegmutt.
"Steggers, are you delirious? Why are you calling me that?"
"You're the one who's acting weird," snapped Neptunia.
Gizmoduck signaled his teammates into a huddle. "Maybe that Plasimeaux cad gave him amnesia." He turned around. "Pretend I'm lost here. Who are you exactly?"
The duck's eyebrows shot up. "I'm your best friend, Posiduck. Gizmo?!" He looked hurt.
Gizmoduck only blinked once more at this as he silently thought to himself "Best friend? Posiduck? Wait a minute. I seem to recall Gyro explaining some sort of alternate universe theory to me a while back. Something he and a former partner of his; Median Gray; worked on for a while.".
The armored hero then spoke "Well, Posiduck,I think the reason we are so confused, and unintentionally got YOU so confused, is because Stegmutt, Neptunia and I happen to hail from another universe, as unbelievable as that sounds."
"Another universe? Hmmmm. In this business, one learns fairly quickly that anything IS possible and I suppose you three being from an alternate reality WOULD explain the confusion, but might I be out of bounds in asking how you got here?" Posiduck asked in a still friendly manner, feeling a bit less hurt now that he had some explanation about the odd behavior of these three familiar faces.
"Not at all, Posiduck. I'll be glad to explain. Well, we and our world's version of you and a Ms. McCawber were mixed up in a battle with seven super-villains; two of them skilled in sorcery." Gizmoduck began, noticing the blink of familiarity in Posiduck's eyes when the armored do-gooder mentioned Ms. McCawber. "Anyway, long story short, we and two of the villains we were fighting got caught in some sort of transportation vortex and ended up here, in your world. I noticed that Darkwing, as our world's version of you calls himself, Morgana and three more of the villains we were fighting ended up going through another portal and we don't know where THEY ended up. I just hope they're all right."
"Go on. Please tell me as much as you can about the villains you were fighting. Perhaps I'm familiar with my world's version of a few of the villains you were fighting. Especially tell me as much as you can about the two villains you are, no doubt, pursuing. I have a feeling they might be trouble and I want to be as much of a help to you three as possible." Posiduck politely urged on.
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Meanwhile, in the thick foresty area of the Posiverse Saint Canard, Bushroot and Liquidator, following their escape from Gizmoduck, Neptunia and Stegmutt, stopped for a quick rest.
Bushroot looked around with absolute glee about how healthy all the plants looked and how clean the air was. "I don't know what happened while we were out, but I'm certainly not complaining." the half-plant duck said happily.
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In the Negaverse, Negaduck tossed down one of his red smoke bombs and he and his two allies split the scene before Darkwing and Morgana recovered from the smoke.
After the smoke cleared and Darkwing and Morgana cleared their lungs, Morgana asked "Dark, darling, you've told me about the Negaverse a few times, but you also said it's been a couple of years since you were here last. Could you refresh my memory and explain what you know about the Negaverse?"
Darkwing looked at his fiancee` and said "The ultimate rough neighborhood, Morg. Believe me, the city's is still a bit cleaner and the buildings less run down than when I was last here, but it's still unmistakable. Basically things here are mostly the opposite of on our world."
Morgana tried to muster up enough mystic energy to create a portal back, but to no avail. The "hex powder" Magica nailed her with to reduce her magic to half-strength worked rather well and creating dimensional vortexes would be difficult for her at FULL strength. "Well, Dark, it looks like we're stuck here for the time-being." before spotting four familiar looking figures.
Morgana glared. Her power might be half what it normally was, but she still had enough power to give Negaduck's lackies a pretty good fight. However, her memory kicked in at the last second to stop her attack. Bushroot and Liquidator went through the other portal with Stegmutt, Neptunia and Gizmoduck and yet Bushroot and Liquidator were both here even though Stegmutt, Neptunia and Gizmoduck weren't.
Darkwing replied "The Friendly Four, I presume?" in a tone just different enough from Negaduck's normal pitch to tell the four Negaverse heroes that he was not Negaduck.
Nega-Megavolt nodded and said "Considering how this Morgana could have blasted us just moments ago and refrained from doing so and, judging by both the color scheme of your attire AND your demeanor, it's obvious that you're Darkwing Duck and this Morgana is from YOUR world. Well, we're just helping the police maintain the peace in this world; which is difficult enough without Negaduck back in town."
"Who is the major threat this time?" Darkwing asked.
"Nature abhors a vacuum, it seems. Until sixteen years ago, the major criminals were Ruddy and Anatina Mallard. When they were finally brought to justice, Negaduck busted them out and then started filling the void; eventually took over the city despite the police's, and OUR, best efforts. Then, two years ago, shortly after Negaduck's last appearance in this universe, a super-gang under the leadership of Negaduck's primary rival, one J. Gander Hooter, started making a bid for power. We, with the help of the police and the Fearless Organization for World Liberty, have been able to maintain order, but it hasn't been easy." Nega-Megavolt explained.
"Might I inquire as to who is in this 'super-gang' aside from Hooter himself?" Darkwing asked.
"Well, as far as we know, the gang consists of Doctor Sarah Bellum; Hooter's chief gadgeteer; Vladmir Grizzlikoff, Hooter's second-in-command; and Destructo-Duck, Stegmutt and Neptunia; Hooter's chief muscle. Of course, there's a considerable number of well-armed and well-muscled foot soliders too, but Hooter himself and the five members I've listed are the main ones." Nega-Megavolt answered.
"Okay, thank you for telling me." Darkwing said.
"I believe we'd better take you two to see Bulba and Steelbeak. Considering how much trouble Hooter and his gang have been, we're not in any position to turn down any help. Especially since Negaduck is back and will, no doubt, be trying to take back control over Saint Canard himself." Nega-Megavolt replied.
"To say nothing of our world's versions of you and Quackerjack." Darkwing added as he, Morgana and the Friendly Four left together.
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"What is this Negaverse, boss? I know you said that this world was your playground, but you've been pretty vague about everything else." Megavolt asked Negaduck when they and Quackerjack after they ducked into a secluded alley.
"My home. I've neglected it against my will for two years, but now that I'm finally back, you two are going to help me regain control over my beautiful Saint Canard." Negaduck answered.
"Well, we don't mind a challenge, Negaduck, but I think we'd better get at least a little help." Quackerjack said.
"I'm already thinking of that." Negaduck said as he handed Megavolt and Quackerjack pictures and last known addresses of the Negaverse Launchpad and Morgana.
"I want you two to track these two down and tell them that *I* sent you and requested they meet me at this address. Meanwhile, I'll go look up two more potential allies at an address only I know." the black-masked evil avian commented as he handed Quackerjack and Megavolt each a copy of an address for a building in the bad part of the Negaverse Saint Canard.
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Meanwhile, back in the Normalverse, Launchpad, who stayed out of the fight to keep any innocents at bay, but still witnessed the whole battle, knew he had to find some way to stop Magica and Lafayette, but knew he was no match for those two on his own. "First order of business is to warn Mister McD. Then, I have to see if Gyro has cooked up something that could be useful in stopping those villains." the pilot thought silently to himself.
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Elsewhere in the Negaverse, a solitary figure was seated behind a large oak desk behind a comfortable-looking chair with an attached stepladder. With white feathers and greying eyebrows, this diminutive, elderly owl still held a gleam of sharp criminal intelligence in his eyes. Garbed in a black tuxedo with a matching neck tie and a dark blue dress shirt and matching spats with a silver derby on his head. Upon watching the multi-screen monitor, he learned about Negaduck's return to the Negaverse and thought "Very well, Negaduck, I'll welcome the return of your competition. This time, however, I've got the edge." as a tall, slender female duck with black hair wearing a dark blue stylized lab coat walked over to the owl.
"So, Mister Hooter, do you want to familiarize yourself with my latest weapons, while I call up the others?"
"Indeed, Doctor Bellum." the Negaverse J. Gander Hooter said with an evil smile as he glanced up at his female companion and left the room.