Title: Deepening Roots

Summary: A series of events leads Bushroot to start doubting himself as a villain, wondering if it is truly what he wants to be. Meanwhile, why is all the plant life in St. Canard starting to grow at enormous speed? Is the Fearsome Five behind it, or something else?

Author's Note: This is my first Darkwing Duck fic and therefore I wish to apologize in advance if any of these loveable character's seem...out of character...I would also like to thank LuckyDuck83, for her fics inspired me to write this, along with several other writers.

Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me, but Disney. Only the story and its plot line is mine.

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The streets of St. Canard seemed peaceful as the sun began to set on the mid-August day. A few rainshowers had made the streets damp with moisture and slick to the right person. The day had been filled with lots of bustling, everyone hoping to get thier tasks or the day complete.

Yet to the naked eye everything would appear fine, yet to those who know when somehing is afoot, would know that in infamous Fearsome Five were up to thier usual, nasty tricks.

On the northern side of St. Canard there is a large building which consisted of the many renound scientists who hope to invent an device that will help clear the atmospgere of polution. However, Negaduck had other plans for such a device.

On the very top of this building stood the Fearsome Five, waiting for their boss to instruct them on what to do.

Negaduck looked over at the door which lead to the staircases of the building. His yellow hat bearly allowed his eyes to be seen, covered by his black mask. He snickered.

"Alright boys" he began, turning around to see the other four behind him.

Quacker Jack giggled with glee as he brought out Mr. Banana Brain, mumbling about how fun this was going to be to his banana doll. The Liquidator stood beside him, awaiting orders. Megavolt and Bushroot stood several feet to the left of him, thier hands on thiers hips, their expressions slightly bored, waiting for what was next.

"It's like this boys, we get the machine by sneaking into this door, which leads through the stairway. Liquidator" he called. The ex-salesman looked up in earnest, his dog ears perked up. " As I told you back at the hideout, I want you to cover all the pipes, and be sure to watch out for Dipwing Dork. He's bound to--"

Negaduck was cut off by the sound and sight of blue smoke above the stair door.

"I am the terror that flaps in the night" said a voice. Negaduck rolled his eyes, gritting his teeth in anger. "I am the burnt toast you had this morning. I " The blue smoke vanished to reveal the purple caped hero. "am DARKWING DUCK!!"

"Wow, I'm impressed. You haven't tripped or fell flat on your face yet" snickered Negaduck.

"Ooohhh!! Mr. Banana Brain and I wager this is gonna be fun! That purple-caped party crasher is gonna be fun to crush!"

Megavolt smiled, rubbing his hands together. "Maybe he'd like to feel the power of electricity as it fries his brain."

"Not tonight boys!" cried Darkwing as he jumped down from his perch on the roof of the stairway. "Suck gas evil dooers!" he brought out his gas gun as he said these words.

Negaduck sighed, agitated. "Why don't you get it through you thick skull, Dipwing, we Five will always overpower you" With this, he gave Darkwing a great shove on his left ribcage, sending Darkwing to slip on the wet cement of the roof. His cape went over his hat and eyes. By the time he removed his cape from his line of sight, they had already managed to open up the door and where inside.

"Drat!" sneered Darkwing. He then glanced over to see that Quaker Jack and Bushroot where still there, as though they were gaurding the door. Their gazes were directly on him. Bushroot made the first move. "Maybe Darkwing would like to play a game, QuakerJack. How about if you show him a game he can play."

QuakerJack seemed thrilled at this notion. "Ooh! Yes!! That would be fun!!" He brought out from behind his back a teddy bear, or at least, what appeared to be a teddy bear. Experience with this villain allowed DW to know that his toys never meant good and always meant getting hurt in some way.

Just as QuakerJack was about to throw the teddy bear at him, the clown cried out in pain and shock as someone tugged hard on his jester hat, tugging hard at his head. "OWW! Hey! No fair! No fair!!"

Darkwing grinned to see his large sidekick, Launchpad, behind the two villains, taking the teddy bear and tossing it aside. "Thanks LP!"

Launchpad shrugged. "Just doing my job, DW"

A small red head appeared our from behind Bushroot, who at this point was trembling in fear, knowing the odds of them winning or getting away were slim. The green villain never seemed to have a backbone in these situations, is he ever had one at all.

"Yeah! You boys are aksing for trouble!" shouted Gosalyn. She walked out in front of Bushroot and towards Darkwing, standing in front of him and glaring.

QuakerJack then gave a snicker. He reached into his pocket and brought out a handful of little toy robots, which immediatly started chasing after Launchpad and then DW and Gosalyn. Launchpad let go of QuakerJack who took a break for the stairway to get to Negaduck and the others. Darkwing was in hot pursuit of the clown, knowing his daughter and sidekick could handle Bushroot.

Bushroot was about to follow when he heard a scream from Gosalyn. He looked over to see ten little robots following her. Launchpad was being attacked by fifteen. It seemed ironic, considering the robots were so small, but they had large sharp teeth, hoping to bite their victim.

Gosalyn tried stepping on them as they got closer and closer, driving her further and further towards the egde of the building. Then, as Gosalyn took another step back, she lost her balance, seeing that she was at the edge. Looking behind her, knowing she was going to fall, she screamed. "NOOO!" cried someone's voice.

It happened so fast that by the time Launchpad had stepped on the robots following him and turned to Gosalyn, he saw that Bushroot was at the edge of the building, a panting and shocked Gosalyn in his arms.

Bushroot turned around just in time for Launchpad to come up and grab her, holding her close. The tension that filled the air afterwards was thick enough for a knife to be cut through it. Bushroot awkwardly stood there, moving his gaze down to the cement.

Gosalyn was the first to speak. "Y-You...saved me..." Her voice was a coarse whisper.

Bushroot didn't reply at first, then shrugged. "I couldn't just let you fall..."

Gosalyn struggled out of Launchpad's hold, who set her down on the cement. "But, we're enemies."

"So? That doesn't mean I want to see you fall" He was answering in such a small voice, it was hard for them to hear what he was saying. But they heard him perfectly, as though we were shouting it. They stared at him, not beleiving their ears.

Could it be? Could Bushroot really be saying these words? Maybe he wasn't such a bad guy afterall. Megavolt or QuakerJack wouldn't have bothered.

Silence filled the air for a what seemed like ages, until a great amount of blue smoke started coming out of the stairway door and a vitcorious cry from Negaduck was heard. Launchpad went to see if DW needed some help. Gosayln followed, but not after another large stare at the villain known as Bushroot, who was standing there, staring into space.