Chapter 1

New Friend, New Threat

"Look out!" Nosedive screamed as another energy blast was shot right at them. The group dove out of the way with seconds to spare. "Man, what is with these guys?"

"Who are they anyway?" Mallory asked. "Tanya?"

"I don't know. All I do know is that they defiantly came through a portal." Tanya replied. Just then another portal opened and more of the guys they were fighting jumped through.

"Now! Puck launchers! Herd them towards the portal! Grin, push them back through!" Wildwing ordered. Just as Wildwing ordered the group with puck launcher fired several shots until they were at the portal then Grin body checked them back through the portal.

"Well, that was fun." Duke rolled his eyes. The seven foot ten, purple skin monsters with shaggy black hair all of a sudden appeared in Anaheim a few days ago. All they know about them is they are strong, can't talk or wont, use some kind of energy blast and are as ugly as ugly can get.

"Why do this things keep appearing? And how are these portals being opened?" Wildwing asked.

"That, my friend, is a multi million dollar question." Grin replied.

"Huh?" Duke's looked over at the shadows in the trees.

"What is it, Duke? More monsters?" Malory asked.

"I just thought I saw something move." Duke replied. "It was nothing. Let's go home. We've been trucking all over the city hunting these monsters. I'm ready to go to sleep."

"Good idea." Wildwing nodded.

"Good idea?" Nosedive asked. "More like the most wonderful idea ever."

...

Over behind some trees a shadow figure watched the ducks fight purple monsters. They stayed hidden until the monsters were back through the portal then moved to a tree closer to the ducks so they could hear what was being said. The saber wielding duck suddenly looked up at the figure and it ducked back down. It stayed there until they watched the ducks climb back into their aircraft.

...

The next day all the ducks were dragging around HQ. Phil wondered in and looked at his tired ducks. "What in the world is going on? Why are you all so tired?"

"Maybe because in the passed three days we've been fighting blood thirsty monsters." Nosedive replied in his childish overreacting way.

"Come on! Come on! You've got a game tonight!" Phil whined.

"Don't worry, Phil. We'll be ready for the game." Duke replied as he pat Phil's shoulder.

"You must become one with the world. Worrying brings nothing but stress." Grin replied from him meditating spot on the floor.

"Tanya's in the galley making us all energy drinks." Mallory replied as she headed for the door. "I'm gonna go see if she needs help."

"Wildwing, don't forget, after the game you have that interview." Phil said.

"I'll remember." Wildwing nodded.

...

Wildwing tugged on his skates just as Phil entered the room. He was flipping through some papers and didn't give them his usual spill about winning the game. Once everyone was ready they headed out on the ice. The game was a close one and they were tied now with thirty seconds left on the clock. The other team had called a time out so Wildwing took this time to looked around at the audience. His eyes stopped at a particular girl.

In the front row of seats, sitting on the end, was a young girl around fifteen. She had medium length blonde hair pulled back in loose pigtails and wearing a red turtle neck sweater. Wildwing eyed her. She wasn't enjoying the game. She looked preoccupied with something. Wildwing thought that was odd. Why would someone come to a hockey game but not watch it? And this game was a real nail bitter. The girl didn't seem to be with anyone. The guy sitting beside her nudged her arm and asked her something. She smiled politely at the man and shook her head. The whistle of the referee brought Wildwing's attention back to the game.

The opposing team had the puck but Duke stole it from them and gave it to Nosedive, who made the winning shot. The duck fans cheered as the Ducks did a group hockey stick high five like they always did after winning a game. Duke padded Nosedive on the back. "Great shot, kid!"

"You were really hot tonight." Tanya added.

"I know. It's like I just got this huge power serge of energy." Nosedive replied.

"It paid off. If you hadn't we might have lost." Mallory said. Wildwing looked back at the girl. She was still sitting in her seat. A few seconds later she stood up and headed up the stairs.

"wing….Wildwing? Wildwing!"

"What?" Wildwing whipped his head back around to his manager.

"Wake up, kid! You've got an interview in five minutes!" Phil throwing his arms up and down.

"Right, sorry." Wildwing headed for the locker room, where his teammates were half way changed.

"You ok, bro?" Nosedive asked.

"I'm fine. Why do you ask?"

"You seem distant tonight."

"I'm fine. Just tired I guess."

"Well, we don't have a game tomorrow night. Maybe we'll all catch up on our sleep." Mallory said heading for the elevator. "Luck with your interview, Wing."

"Thanks." Wildwing didn't look up at his teammates as they headed down to their secret below the pond. After changing out of his gear Wildwing took a deep breath and headed out to face the reporters. He had to admit to himself that he'd rather face lizard lips, his henchmen and two hundred Hunter Drones alone than face the reporters waiting for him.

Reporters were too nosey for his liking. He understood it was their job to be nosey but most of the time it seems that they don't live by any guide lines. For crying out loud, if someone didn't want their personal live broadcasted to the whole world then they should just leave it alone. He braced himself for the bombardment of questions as he slowly made his way to the reporters. "What makes your team so successful?"

"Teamwork. That is what we are about. Without teamwork we wouldn't have as many successes as we have." Wildwing replied honestly. Boy, if they only knew the whole story. Most humans were still unaware of Draganus and his world domination plan. Wildwing wanted to keep it under raps as much as possible. Don't want a world wide panic, now do we?

"Can you tell us why you always wear that mask?" A reporter pointed his pen at Wildwing's face.

"It's…uh…." Wildwing couldn't suppress his smile for wishing some Hunter Drones would pop in and scare all these nosey reporters off. No such luck so he had to hold back the full truth. "It was giving to me by my best friend. It's was a…parting gift."

"So, tell us, Wildwing…" A female reporter pushed through the other reporters. She hand her auburn hair pinned up on her head with a few strands falling around her face. He had to admit her facial features were nice and her brown eyes were dark yet sparkled. She had high cheek bones and with glasses perched high on her tiny nose. Wildwing has seen her on several occasions during interviews like this but couldn't remember her name. "Do you have someone special in your life?"

"Special?"

"Yes. Do you have secret feelings for one of your teammates? Like, Mallory? She's a really pretty duck. Tell us will we be expecting little ducklings in the future?" The reporters shoved their mics to the duck. Wildwing sighed. For once he was glad he didn't have a romantic life.

"Like I have said before, to previous reporters, I am not dating anyone."

"Would you like to date?" The female reporter batted her eyelashes at him. "What are you doing Friday night?"

"Uh…" Wildwing was a bit caught off guard. He never had anyone ask him that. At the moment he didn't want to reply to anymore questions. He just wanted to get the heck out of there. A few people in the back of the reporters turned and left revealing the young blonde girl he was looking at during the game. She was leaning with her back against one of the large pillars in the ticket area and still had the look of something else beside hockey on her mind.

"Alright, time for my star player to get some much needed rest." Phil came over and took over the interview. Lucky for Wildwing. Usually he didn't want Phil answering questions from the press because he usually volunteers the ducks for some publicity stunt. But this time, he didn't care. Wildwing pushed his way through the reporters just in time to see the girl step out the door.

Wildwing busted through the door and ran over to the girl who was look for cars before she stepped out into the street. "Hey! Wait a minute!"

The girl turned around to see Wildwing running up to her. She bit her bottom lip as he got closer. "Can I help you?"

"No. I was just…well I saw you during the game. It didn't seem like you were enjoying yourself. Did something happened? Did you have a hard time getting seats or something?" Wildwing smiled down into her pale blue eyes. "If you did I could get you a refund or I could give you tickets for another game?"

Just then the mask suddenly started glowing. Both were taken by surprise. Wildwing took off the mask and looked at it. She took the time to look at his facial features. He really looked a nice, gentle, caring guy. "I'm sorry. I don't know why my mask is glowing."

The girl watched him in disbelieve until she noticed the same golden glow coming from underneath her left sweater sleeve. While he was busy trying to figure out why he was glowing she quickly tucked her left arm around her back and pulled down her sleeve farther. Wildwing continued to look cluelessly at the mask. Suddenly it stopped glowing. "That was weird. I'm sorry about that."

"No that's ok. I...uh...enjoyed the game." The girl smiled at him. "I love hockey."

"Really?"

"Best game in the world."

"Then why…"

"Wildwing!" Wildwing ducked his head as he hear the voice of the woman reporter from before. He slowly turned to greet her. "I have one more question for you. Are you busy?"

"Actually, I am. I was talking to this girl." Wildwing replied trying not to sound annoyed.

"Girl? What girl?" The reporter looked around. Wildwing turned around to see the girl was gone. "Anyway I was wonder…"

Wildwing's mind blocked the reporter out. He didn't want to hear anything she said. He just stood there a few minutes then insisted he had to go.

...

"Are you ok, Wildwing?" Mallory asked. She and Wildwing were out shopping. Wildwing hadn't hardly said two words all day.

"Why do you all keep asking me that?" Wildwing asked, clearly annoyed.

"Sorry. You just seem really distant lately." Mallory took a step away from him, as if he was going to bite her.

"I'm sorry, Mal. I don't know why I'm so quiet lately. I guess everything is just getting to me."

"I think we all need a vacation from 'everything'." Mallory replied. Silence fell between the two as they continued to walk through the mall. "Why not?"

"Why not, what?"

"A vacation! We haven't had one in, like, well I don't think we've ever had one."

"I dunno."

"Come on, Wing. We all need a rest from all the weirdness. I think we should go camping."

"Camping?"

"Yeah. Get away from it all. It will be perfect. I can have Tanya search for perfect camping sites. Maybe a place where we could fish and swim. How about it? Please?"

"Well…" Wildwing rubbed his chin. A vacation from everything did sound very tempting. They all were feeling worn down. "I guess it would be ok."

"Great! I'll call Tanya and have her start looking!" Before Mallory could even pull up her arm their com links went off. Nosedive's face appeared in it.

"Pizza!" Nosedive cried.

"What?" Mallory and Wildwing asked, each rubbing an ear from the loud outburst.

"I ordered a pizza. Pick it up, k? I'm STARVING!" Nosedive whined. Nosedive disappeared. The two ducks shook their heads.

"A vacation sounds wonderful." Wildwing said. Mallory couldn't help but laugh.

"I'll finish the shopping list while you get the pizza." The two waved and headed off in different directions.

Wildwing tapped his foot on the floor as he stood in line at the pizza parlor. It was taking forever to pick up the pizza and he wanted to go home already. When it was finally his turn, he wanted to snap at who ever was behind the counter's head off. That changed when he saw who it was.

"It's you!" Wildwing started at the blonde girl he met at the hockey game. "You work here?"

"Uh…yeah." She nodded carefully. Her eye darted all over the room. Wildwing watched her do this until his eyes drifted down her arms to her hands. She was gripping the counter so hard her hands were turning white. He wondered why until the armband, she was wearing on her left arm, caught his eye. Now he was wondering why she was wearing it. It was hot working in a pizza parlor and that type of armband she was wearing wasn't for hot places. "Sorry for the wait."

He looked back up at her. "We're breaking in a new guy and he's not quiet…"

There was a sudden loud crash from the kitchen. "...well."

The two went quiet until the mask lit up again. And once again the girl tucked her left arm behind her back. Wildwing took off his mask and looked at it. "What in the world is wrong with this stupid thing?"

Another worker walked over with three large pizza boxes and sat them on the counter. Wildwing put his mask down, paid for the pizza, grabbed them and his mask before turning to take off. He turned back around. "Hey, what's your name?"

"My name?" She looked at him and quietly reply. "Talon,"

"Talon," Wildwing said her name with a smile and nod. "See ya around."

She watched him leave then turned around. She looked down at her left arm. Yeah. See you soon.

...

"Really?" Nosedive asked with a mouth full of pizza. "We're going on a vacation?"

"That's right." Mallory replied.

"I've been searching for places to camp. There are several suitable spots." Tanya said as she spread out papers on different campsites.

"We should pick a quiet place. One for meditation." Grin said.

"One that usually don't have a lot of people." Duke added looking at one of the papers.

Drake One went off.

"Great more monster attacks." Nosedive said as they all looked at their com links. The group headed out to face more monsters. At least this time they were in Anaheim. The ducks made it to the mall just to see several people running out screaming. The ducks engaged in battle and found this batch of monsters were much stronger than the last. They beaten the ducks with no problem and were now standing over them. "I'm too young to die!"

"We must make piece with ourselves and accept this as the end." Grin said with his eyes closed.

"This is so stupid!" Nosedive cried. The group braced themselves. Suddenly a bright gold light hit the monsters and knocked them down and out. The ducks stared questionably at the beaten monsters, they started glowing and a portal opened. They looked at each other then looked around.

"There!" Mallory pointed at someone standing on the roof of a near by building. The person jumped off the building and took off. "After them!"

Everyone stood up and took off after the mysterious figure. Wildwing lingered back as his mask started to glow again. He knew who saved them as he stared at his glowing mask.

The rest of the ducks followed after the figure until they cornered them in an alley.

"Alright, you've got some explaining to do." Duke said pointing accusingly at the person hidden by the shadows.

"You know something about what's going on and we want to know what!" Mallory added. The ducks advanced on the figure.

"Wait!" They turned to Wildwing's voice. "It's ok guys. She's not an enemy."

"She?" They all ask.

"It's ok, Talon. We're not going to hurt you." Wildwing walked in front of his teammates and held out his hand. "Will you come into the light?"

Notes: R&R so I know if anyone likes this. If someone does I'll continued to update it. If not then I won't bother adding more chapters. I started this fic sometime ago. Recently I got to watching the ducks again and nostalgia hit hard. VERY hard! I got a sudden impulse to finish it. Technically I'm almost finishing with all the chapters but if no ones going to read it I'm not going to waste my time posting it. I've another fic I'm working on, well, was working on. I'm on hiatus from that fic but I'm going to finish it quick since I hate leaving it undone.