A white duck with long blonde hair sat on the steps of the science building awaiting the general. She was wearing a college businesswomen's attire of a blouse, skirt, and flats. General Maximum McMallard had called and sent a ride for her. She was finished with her schooling, or at least as much as they could give her. She was a college graduate with a degree in Coaching Science and tracking skills like you would not believe, especially for a blind duck. It had also helped that she had become the secret apprentice to a professional thief at one point in time. Jill had a few special skills that no one would think possible under normal circumstances. Jill was blind, but not completely, and she let as few people notice that as possible. She could see auras and electronic vibrations. She was a wiz with computers and could smell out any chemical substance or spice and tell you where it was from.

"Ah, Miss Flashblade. Come with me, please." General McMallard arrived and started guiding the blind duck through the facilities. They had been trying to find her family as well as some other ducks who were still missing. She had been helping as much as possible and they had finally found traces of a dimensional gateway.

The problem was that they didn't know where the gateway had ended up, and that they were sure they couldn't bring the ducks back. Jill had agreed to go through the portal with a communications chip to help establish communications between Puckworld and the place where the missing ducks were, even without the guarantee of seeing Puckworld again.. They had just finished the portal and Jill had been given supplies to help her. They had also given her things for the missing ducks that the families had wished them to have. Now all that was needed was to get to the other side and find them.

"Good luck, Miss Flashblade." The general called as she stepped through the portal with her entire life in a duffel bag and some care packages in a backpack. Since she intended to live where she ended up, she had all her birth records, as well as her family's, and some transcripts from school so that she could get a job, if she ended up in a civilized place. She was prepared for almost any situation that she could think of.

When she got to the other side of the portal, she took a deep breath. Her silver blind eyes were hidden behind a pair of simple shades. She smelled the heavy air that came with civilization. She clutched her bags, hoping someone would be kind enough to help her out. She hated being blind.

She was lucky. Captain Klegghorn , a police officer in Anaheim, California, noticed her standing on the street in front of his station. "Oh great, just what I need, another duck." He muttered as he walked towards the lost female. "So what are you doing here? Don't you ducks all just migrate to the Pond for hockey or something?" He asked the lady.

Jill noticed his aura and decided to memorize it. "Um… I'm sorry, but I can't see… can you help me please? I need to find the authorities in charge of this area and then see if I can find some… friends of mine… please?" Her voice was soft and shy, mostly because she was scared, being in an area that she didn't recognize. She figured being honest about her condition would make them likely to help her, unless they were hostile.

"Huh, so you're actually looking for the proper authorities?" Jill nodded. "Well whatever dropped you off here is a good shot. You're in front of the police station. I'll take you in and we'll help you out, miss?" Klegghorn had taken an immediate liking to this duck. She at least went to the proper authorities rather than taking things into her own hands. Plus, even Klegghorn wouldn't leave a blind duck to find her way around his city, if he could help it.

"Jill Flashblade, and thank you, mister?"

"Klegghorn, Captain Klegghorn of the Anaheim police department. It's nice to find a duck who actually knows to go looking for the proper authorities. Say, you wouldn't happen to be related to a couple of brothers named Wildwing and Nosedive, would you?" He led her into his office and sat at his desk while she got out small thumb drive that had all her records on it.

"Yes, actually… I hope they haven't been too much trouble." Her voice was starting to get stronger, sounding more normal as she talked. "I was told to give this to whoever was in charge of this place." She handed over the drive. "I'm afraid that the portal was a one way, but I have something that will at least allow us to continue contact with puck world… that is if they haven't gotten killed yet…" She muttered.

Klegghorn chuckled, "Not yet, but with how reckless they all are, I'll admit, I'm amazed. What they need is a coach or something to keep them straight, at least on the ice, that's where they get pretty banged up." Klegghorn looked at the files on his computer and smirked. "But I guess that's why they sent you, huh?" The files had everything that was required for her to become a citizen of Earth and of America. "Your people were pretty thorough. I'll put these into the right files and you'll receive the American Citizens papers at the end of the week."

"Thank you, Captain." Jill sighed in relief.

"Tell me something, Miss Flashblade… how long has it been since you've seen, er, heard the boys?" Klegghorn had thought of a small prank like activity that would get back at Nosedive for one of his pranks… at least in Klegghorn's mind.

"I think it's been… five years now… yes, that sounds about right… I was in college, then the Saurians took over… then just as they took over, a young thief had noticed me and managed to sneak me into the underground and protect me. He disappeared around the time the Saurians did… in fact, he was one of the ducks I was asked to find… and it's been two years since my brothers disappeared."

Klegghorn's eyes widened at this. "You're their sister? You don't act anything like them!" Jill blushed a little. Klegghorn then took a better look at the young lady. She was dressed like a modern day college student with a sports jacket on and bright white feathers like Wildwing, but long blonde hair that was tied into a ponytail like Nosedive's. She also had bangs like Nosedive's but with the fluff at the top like Wildwing's, only all of that part was white. "Then again, you do look like them…" He then picked up his phone and called Drake 1, the super computer that the ducks had connecting their whole operation. "Hello, ducks, you there?"

A voice came onto the line, it was a nasally voice that belonged to the scientist of the team, Tanya Gertrude Vanderflock. She was a blonde hair duck with pink glasses, a purple hairband, and hair that looked like it was wild grass that was sticking up. "Uh, hello? What is it now, Klegghorn, I'm kinda busy here."

"I've got a new girl for you to deal with. Poor thing's blind too. I'll be dropping her off at the pond in less than an hour." Klegghorn smirked as he noticed Jill trying to stifle a laugh. She could see where this was going, even if she couldn't see. "Make sure Wildwing's there to take a look. She might be Chameleon in disguise or something." He then hung up the phone before Tanya could respond and broke into a laugh.

"What's so funny?"

"If you were Chameleon, you wouldn't have let me get away with the call, or have all that information. That and if you're really Wildwing's sister, I'm interested in how he's going to react to you being on Earth, hehe."

"Well then, what are we waiting for? I may not be able to see his expression, but I'm sure it'll be something. So why deny you the pleasure of seeing it?" Jill smiled as she imagined her brother's expression. At one point she had been a promising figure skater, but that was back when she was a child, and before the incident.

She sighed as she remembered how she had been blinded at age 12. A fellow skater who was jealous of her skills in both hockey and figure skating had decided to take their rivalry a step farther. They had set up a large light to flash when she was about to do her finishing move for a figure skating contest. The light caught her square in the eyes and caused them to become blind, but that didn't stop her from finishing her move perfectly. No one knew she had been blinded until she was done with her routine. After that, only her brothers had treated her the same… and that thief.

Klegghorn got her into his police car and drove them to the Pond, a hockey rink that was owned by the Mighty Ducks. They were early.

"Do you think it would be alright for me to put on my skates while waiting? I haven't been allowed to skate in a while…"

"Sure, I don't see why not. No one's down there yet anyway. They're probably all downstairs in their lair or something. Or maybe they're at the mall." Klegghorn led her down to the edge of the rink and she reached into her bag and pulled out an old pair of skates. They looked worn and patched up, but she smirked as she put them on and replaced her usual flats. "You any good?"

"I used to be… I used to do a lot of things… Me and Wildwing had to actually teach Nosedive how to skate, so I think I can still do something."

Klegghorn sat down next to her bags and watched the female duck as she skated out to the middle of the rink. She dug into her pocket and pulled out a set of headphones and what appeared to be a small music player. She placed the headphones on her head and started the music.

Needless to say, she was impressive. She may have been forbidden to figure skate back on Puckworld because of her blindness, but that didn't stop her from practicing keeping her balance and keeping muscle memory. She was a talent to behold, for a duck. Klegghorn was not the only one to notice as the Mighty Ducks came into the stadium. The team noticed the lone skater and came to the edge of the rink to watch.

"Wildwing… is that who I think it is?" Nosedive Flashblade, the blonde teenage like duck asked his older brother. Wildwing, the leader of the Mighty Ducks, was a large buff duck wearing the golden mask of Drake DuCaine. He activated the mask for a minute and did a double take as he saw that the skater was in fact a real duck.

"She's the real deal, Nosedive… it's really her…" Wildwing then turned to Klegghorn who was enjoying their different reactions to this new duck. "Where'd she come from!" He nearly growled at Klegghorn.

Klegghorn looked at him curiously, not expecting this reaction at all. "She told me she was sent here by your military to find you birds. I'm just helping her do her mission. She also had some files for me to put in for her, unlike you guys. Thankfully she supplied me with anything I need to know… except your jobs and what you did back on Puckworld." Klegghorn grumbled as he realized that this female duck had only supplied him with birth records and enough to prove their existence and some licenses.

Duke L'Orange was once Puckworld's best thief, now turned good. He had a look about him that made him seem like a suave spy mixed with a pirate and a gentleman. He looked at the duck on the ice and felt a lump in his throat. He knew her from Puckworld, and hadn't thought he'd see her again. "Oh hockey pucks…" muttered the ex-thief.

The female duck stopped after doing a final spinning pirouette in the middle of the rink. She put her headphones back into her pocket and smiled in the general direction of the ducks. Duke's heart nearly stopped. Nosedive and Wildwing looked at each other and then back at her. "You think she senses us?" Nosedive asked in a whisper.

Jill smiled and started skating towards them at full speed. Duke started backing up while Wildwing and Nosedive started moving closer to the rink to catch her when she crashed into the wall. Tanya and the others just backed up slightly, hoping not to get hit by the crazy mallard.

Just as Jill was about ten feet from crashing, Duke called out; "Dodge the guards and go for the gem!" Everyone but the Flashblades turned to look at him funny. He was at the top of the bleachers, with his hands outstretched as though ready to catch something.

Jill grinned like a child at Christmas and made a last second jump with a flip that knocked off her skates, which landed right beside her stuff. She did three flips herself before landing in the arms of a very annoyed, yet at the same time happy, Duke L'Orange. "How was that?" She asked in a seductive voice as Duke groaned.

"Very classy, as usual, but I think you need to start explainen yourself, Jewel of the Blades." Duke gently put her down as the others all gathered around.

"Jewel of the Blades?" Wildwing asked with an edge in his voice.

"Oh, hey, bro, how ya been? I know you certainly decided to give me a scare!" She faced him with a glare.

Nosedive caught her by surprise in a hug. He was sobbing like a child after having a nightmare. "Oh man, I'm just glad you're alive! I thought for sure that they'd kill you!"

Jill grimaced. "Easy, Dive, easy, I'm okay, you're okay, heck, even Wing's okay. Everyone's okay, Nosedive, everyone's okay…" Jill stroked the younger duck's back to calm him down. "Now, how about someone introduce me and then I'll give you what Santa Duck sent me with, how's that sound, Dive?"

Nosedive's eyes widened with glee as he hugged her tighter and then let go. Wildwing looked at her like she was a little looney. "What are you up to?"

"Fine, I'll introduce myself, if none of you will. Jeez, how rude." Jill smiled once more and took a seat next to her bags and skates. The others took seats around her while Klegghorn just grinned and walked off. He may have liked seeing the ducks confused, but he also had a job to do.

Before she could introduce herself, Wildwing asked Duke a question with a bit of anger in his voice. "Why'd you call her 'Jewel of the Blades'? How do you know my sister?"

Duke's eyes widened. "Your sister! You kidding? I met her a few years ago back on Puckworld. She needed help and I helped her. I started calling her Jewel of the Blades when she insisted that she didn't want me calling her by her real name! I didn't even make the connection to you guys!"

"Both of you be quiet long enough and I'll explain myself, thanks. My name is Jill Flashblade, but the reason that Duke knows me as Jewel is because I needed some survival skills and he needed someone who could weed out the problems in his gang. You know my abilities, bro. Don't think I did any major crimes, just a few heists and later I paid them back for them… if they weren't complete jerks who deserved to lose a few things here and there…" Jill smirked. "I keep people honest, remember? So, which of you clowns is Mallory McMallard?"

"I am…" Mallory was a redheaded duck with orange feathers and a military background. She was confused as to who this girl thought she was to think that she could steal things from ducks without consequence. She glared at Duke, feeling he was somehow responsible.

"Good, small package with the military emblem on it. Your dad was insistent that you get your package. Goodness knows what's in it. Is there anyone by the name of Grin here?" She asked out to the group without turning her gaze away from the ice. "The package with the hockey puck is for him, from a crabby old duck too, by the sound of it. Tanya, the one with the science beaker is yours, the guy who handed it over was nice enough..." The three grabbed their packages with caution.

Mallory was surprised to find a letter from her dad as well as a binder full of her medals and some old photos. Grin found a book of Zen from his master Ti Quack Do along with a set of meditation crystals. Tanya found a book full of her old experiments that she never finished from her science friends from the resistance.

"Duke, I'm sure that it's obvious which package is yours. If not, you're losing it. Wildwing, Nosedive, your packages should be obvious too, they have your name on them… well… I think I got a marker for them… that or there's some scratches on the packages…" She muttered.

"Why wouldn't you have found a marker?" Mallory asked. She was grateful for the gift, but was still suspicious about this girl. They had already met one traitorous duck who seemed legit, and she had nearly killed them all.

The three Flashblades all looked down at this, each trying to figure out how to explain the problem with Jill's eyes. Jill took a deep breath. "I have a slight… visual problem." Duke looked at her with shock. She was a good swordsduck when given half the chance, and just as good thief if required. What did she mean by a "Visual Problem" if she could do all those things?

Wildwing noticed his confusion and realized that his sister really didn't tell him anything and that they had barely known each other. His sister wasn't really a thief if Duke didn't know everything about her. Duke knew every thief on Puckworld, and all his or her skills and attributes. He silently sighed, but not quite silent enough for his sister not to hear him. She glared.

"What do you mean by … a visual problem?" Mallory asked slowly, trying to process all the information she was given.

Jill closed her eyes and tried to concentrate on how to word it right. "I'm blind, there, I said it, happy now…" She turned her head around. "Wildwing, where's Canard? I haven't sensed him yet."

"He's gone, Jill… we lost him…" Wildwing didn't like having to explain losing his best friend to his little sister.

Jill took a deep breath. "Might I ask, how? He's too stubborn for you to lose easily."

Nosedive was the one who answered. "He sacrificed himself so that a big old space worm wouldn't eat us. He fell into the Dimensional gateway and 'Zap!' No more Canard…"

Jill frowned. "That 'Zap' either tells me that you didn't see what happened, or that you were witness to seeing the 'Space worm' eat him. So, which is it, baby bro?"

"Um… the first one… why?"

"Dimensional gateways are passages. If you fall out of it before your destination, then that means that you could be trapped in a dimensional limbo. If you're stuck in limbo, then you are still alive and have a chance of getting out, as we learned from the Saurians. If you figure out how to open a dimensional gate partway and have it tracking something with Canard's DNA, then chances are that you can find him…" She sighed as she heard silence. "Did that make sense to anyone?"

Tanya started running towards their lair underground to start working with this new theory. Duke smirked. "Seems Tanya understood. One problem though, we don't have Canard's DNA."

"Yes we do. I made his package too. In it is his school jersey from when he played at high school. I found it in the wreckage of his home."

"How do you know if it is what you say it is? You're blind." Mallory asked skeptically. "And how come the boys never mentioned you before?"

Wildwing and Nosedive grimaced and started to back away with their own packages. Jill just looked in Mallory's direction. "I know what a jersey feels like, I know it's Canard's because I found it in the ruins of his house where he lived alone, and I was probably never mentioned because I'm an embarrassment, that answer everything?" Her silver eyes flashed with anger. For a blind duck, she sure held a lot of emotion in her eyes.

The Flashblade brothers stopped with slack jaws. They had never once thought their sister was an embarrassment, if anything the complete opposite! Mallory hadn't expected a defense like that from her either and felt ashamed of herself. Duke was still trying to process everything that he had heard about the duck that had once been his apprentice in the arts of stealth. Her goals now made more sense, as did her targets for heists. She had only gone after ducks who treated others like garbage and had never killed. Even then, she mainly donated her share of the spoils to some charity or another. Grin had gone off to bring the jersey to Tanya. He didn't want to get into this fight, there were too many bad vibes.

Jill got up and put her flats back on. "Let me know when you feel like a decent conversation that doesn't include picking on the blind duck. I'm going to take a look around. I'm stuck here anyway, and with you, so get used to me." She took her duffle bag and backpack on her shoulders and walked towards the door.

Duke looked at the others and then ran off after the blind duck with his package in hand. "Hey, Jewel, wait up!"

Jill waited for him outside the Pond. "What do you want, Duke? You know my name is Jill Flashblade now and that I'm blind. Aren't you upset with me too?"

"What are ya kidding?" Duke asked as he held her wrist to stop her. "Why would I be upset with ya? You're from my gang, remember? Ya may be blind, but you're da best blade I know! As for me calling you Jewel, I know your name's really Jill, but I'm calling ya Jewel cuz dat's what ya are! A jewel." Duke suddenly blushed as he realized what he had just said to a girl he hadn't seen for two years.

Jill also blushed. She had been so worried about everyone finding out she was blind that she hadn't realized that some of them wouldn't care. "You um… didn't open your package yet, did you?"

"Eh, I'll open it later. Need a tour around da place? We got a spare room we could set ya up in and then I could show you around da mall here? Uh, if ya want that is…" Duke was still blushing.

Jill smiled softly. "That… that'd be nice… thank you Duke." Duke then took her hand and led her back inside and down to the headquarters of the ducks.

"You'll hopefully get used to it pretty quick, I mean, you were always a fast learner." He led her around to each of the rooms so that she could get a good sense of the place. Wildwing was waiting at the door of the empty room.

Jill lowered her head and sighed as she sensed his aura. Wildwing opened his beak to apologize but Jill cut him off. "Look, bro, I'm sorry about how I reacted. I was just sick and tired of how every time someone finds out I'm blind, they think that I need help all the time and can't do anything. I shouldn't have been rude to you guys. I'm sorry."

"So are we, baby sis. We shouldn't have left you on Puckworld. We should've tried to find you…"

"Naw, you had your hands full with Dive. I know how much trouble he can be." She then tilted her head to a noise and chuckled. "Sounds like he finally got around to opening his package." There was a loud "Whooping" sound coming from their little brother's room.

While the two were apologizing to each other, Duke decided to leave them be and check out how the portal thing was going. Jill had given him the chip that would allow communication between Earth and Puckworld and figured he should give it to Tanya before he forgot.

He found Tanya working excitedly on a model of the portal. "Having fun?"

"Tons! I've almost got the model done, and then I can start on the real thing! That girl's a genius! I should've thought of that! Working along the lines of that theory, we should be able to get Canard back before the end of next month!" Tanya smiled like a fool and then noticed the chip in his hand. "Hey, what's that?"

"Something so we can talk to Puckworld." He tossed her the chip for her to analyze.

She squealed with glee and started installing it into Drake 1 after quickly determining that it would do what Duke said it would. "It'll just take a day to install! Soon we can call up anyone on Puckworld we want! Well… if, ya know, they're still alive after the invasion and all…"

Duke smirked at her excitement. He decided to sit down in his room and open his package. It had a small sword stamp on it to signify that it was from the brotherhood of the blade. He sat down on his bed and slowly opened the small package. In it was an old wanted poster of himself with his highest reward price for catching him. He smirked. They always knew how to make a wanted guy feel at home. In the box was also an old picture of him and his apprentice, Jewel. He grimaced when he read the back of the picture. "You sure can pick them, you lucky duck." His second in command, Grey the bat, had obviously sent it. There was also a letter from his second that explained that while a few, like Fal Cone, had left the brotherhood, they had mainly turned to the good side to help world get back on its feet. Duke smiled at that. He'd have to at least send them a message in response later on when communications were up. He also found a small note that had been left as a question to Jill before he left. His eyes widened as he read the response. A single word.

"Yes."

Jill was waiting outside for Duke to finish up with his package and take her on that tour of the town and the mall. She wouldn't usually admit it openly, but she felt like she needed a change of wardrobe from her usual college business student look. While waiting though, she sensed someone coming in who's ego was bigger than any aura she had ever encountered.

Phil Palmfeather, the team's manager, had just arrived and had heard about the new duck from Mallory's muttering about how to apologize. Needless to say, hearing about a new duck was worth a new contract to Phil. He immediately went in search of her and was amazed at his find.

"Wow! You're gorgeous! And I'm a human! You make Lucritia DeCoy look like a wash out." Needless to say, Jill had met her before and wasn't happy to know she had been near her brothers.

"Lucritia's here? If you let that slime ball anywhere near my brothers, I'll…"

"Whoa, relax, she's gone to who knows where now! Honest! What brothers by the way? And who are you anyway?"

"I'd ask the same of you, making such comments like that…" Her icy glare nearly froze Phil stiff.

"Oh, um, I'm Phil Palmfeather, the Mighty Ducks' Manager. And who might I ask are you, oh vision of loveliness?" Phil was laying it on thick as usual and if it hadn't been for Duke, he'd have probably gotten a black eye.

Duke opened the door in time to notice Jill's glare and had heard their conversation from in his room. "Um… Jewel? Ya still up for going around the mall?"

Jill turned her head towards Duke. "Yes, thanks, but first, is this guy really your manager?"

"Yeah, not the best of people, but you get used to it. There are worse people then him. Phil, mind your manners, she hates having people suck up to her." He grinned as Phil scowled, as that was his best skill.

"Fine, but can I at least get a name other than 'beautiful' here?"

Jill closed her eyes, trying to gain some patience. "Ugh, my name's Jill, Jill Flashblade, and if you're the manager, I guess I have to talk to you about being the coach, huh?"

"The coach?" Duke smirked while Phil was taken aback. He thought that all the ducks could play hockey and didn't need a coach.

"Of course, even I know a blind duck would be useless on the ice when a puck's aimed towards her head." Jill crossed her arms. "I got a degree in coaching so that I'd still be useful to my brothers even though I'm not allowed to play hockey with them anymore."

"I suppose you come with your own contract too, huh?" Phil asked somewhat downhearted. Duke had made sure that he got to have a hand in writing their contracts since he was the only one who knew enough about laws to make one other than Mallory.

"Of course I do, I wouldn't be foolish enough to have even considered following my brothers here without thinking that if they had managed to get onto a team, they'd need contracts, and so would I." Jill grinned, sensing she had gotten the human to understand not to mess with her. She dug into her pocket and grabbed a small folded up piece of paper. "Just read over this and we'll discuss it over a cup of coffee later… you guys do have coffee here on Earth, right?"

"Of course we do! What kind of world would it be without a good cup of coffee in the morning?" Phil sounded insulted as he looked over the paper. Duke glanced at it himself and was impressed. It was just the kind of contract that would bind Phil, and keep him happy, while also allowing her to have her own freedoms and whatever she wanted to do (short of killing and stealing that is). "Whoa, where did you come up with this stuff? I thought you said you were a coach, not a lawyer!"

"You kidding? You have to have at least six months of law school to make a decent contract while learning to coach or you and your team are dead meat to whatever your manager chooses!" Jill cocked a smirk. "Can we get going now, Duke? I want to see if I can find a new outfit other than college dropout while I'm here."

"You got it, babe!" He grinned and then blushed as he noticed Jill and Phil's looks at him, "Uh, I mean Jill…"

Phil looked at the two and saw couple merchandising in the near future. Unfortunately, Jill didn't need to see to sense what he was thinking. "Clause 24, Mr. Palmfeather, and no, I'm not going to accept anything else for my contract. Come on, Duke." She locked arms with Duke and the two walked off while Phil looked at that particular clause.

"D'OH!" could be heard as the two ducks walked away. Jill smiled while Duke just scratched his head, wondering what she could have as that clause that would make Phil upset. It was a no couples merchandising clause for her relationships or her brothers. Jill Flashblade was a worthy opponent.

Jill had taken a few minutes in the fashion stores. She had chosen out a set of outfits, much like her siblings and their team, that would eventually become her signature look when she wasn't busy being the coach. She had chosen a jacket that was similar to Wildwing's only a lighter purple and had a black band holding her hair like a ponytail. She had also chosen a set of cargo pants that were light purple to match. She had also gotten introduced to some of the local humans, namely Mookie and Thrash who were friends of her brother, Nosedive.

Duke had gone to get them a couple of coffees while Jill listened to her music outside the coffee shop. She took them off when she sensed Mallory's aura. Mallory was about to start talking, but Jill stopped her, just as she had her brother.

"Look, I'm sorry I acted like that… It's just… I've been trying to prove for years, every time someone realizes I'm blind, that I'm not useless. I can do things, hear things, sense things, that no one else can. To be treated like I'm useless still, even after all I've done… I guess I just got annoyed. Sorry, Mallory." Jill leaned her back against the wall of the coffee shop, and awaited Mallory's response.

"I'm the one who should be sorry. I judged before thinking. You said my dad sent you, and he doesn't send useless people, especially on something as farfetched as finding us. Friends?" Mallory held out a hand before remembering that the other duck couldn't see.

She was surprised when Jill took it and shook it once. "Friends. Just, don't think I'm a hundred percent useless because I can't see what I'm wearing… I told Duke to help me find an outfit similar to my jumpsuit back on Puckworld… I'm not in anything flashy, am I?"

Mallory chuckled. "No, but you look sorta like Wildwing with that outfit."

"Oh faboo, I love being told I look like a boy." She said in a sarcastic voice that made her sound like Nosedive during the Dinosaur incident.

"Wow, you really are related to Nosedive."

"Gee, thanks, I don't know whether to be insulted by that or to laugh at it. I think I'll stick to laughing." She now sounded a little like Wildwing when he was annoyed.

"And you both are lucky that I got an extra cup of coffee, here ya go girls." Duke said with a smug little grin. He handed each of them their favorite coffee. "I was hoping you two would start to get along. I hate having teammates fight with each other, especially since Jewel here's gonna be out new coach, Mal."

Mallory looked at the blind duck with amusement as she tentively sipped her coffee. "A blind coach? Now I've heard it all."

"All you need to do is use sensor pucks. I can see your auras and hear your movements, and by using a sensor puck, I can hear it go off and keep track of it throughout the games. I had to bribe the supplies manager to use them back at college and high school so that I could always know where the pucks were." Jill shrugged. "Thanks for the coffee, Duke. I'll pay you back after I start getting paid."

"Aw, forget about it, Jewel. My treat, same to you Mal. I'm just glad you two are getting along." Duke grinned that smile that usually melted his fans hearts.

Somewhere on the other side of the world, a jail break was happening, and a very egotistical bird was escaping, with one thing on his mind; revenge against Duke L'Orange.