The story starts out with Atticus, Mo, Cherry, and Patch being teleported to Drell's office for the day.
"Oh, my God, never again..." Drell groaned as he held his head while sitting at his desk next to a bottle of alcohol.
'Mr. Drell, your students are here to see you.' A female voice over his call button said.
Drell clicked the button. "Tell them I'm not here, Margie."
'But sir, I thought you said this was important with you the lost lamp and all?' Margie said.
Drell groaned as she had a point, then pushed the button "Okay, send them in."
They all then came in through the door. Cherry then shut the door.
"AUGH!" Drell groaned as he held his head. "Don't slam the door!"
"I... Didn't..." Cherry blinked.
"Drell, how much did you drink?" Mo asked.
"Sorry, Skippy and I were celebrating..." Drell groaned. "We had this big party last night."
"Your'e gonna think I'm crazy, but I know how to cure your hangover," Cherry told him before she took out a paper given to her years and years ago, she then had Atticus magic the ingredients up and she made a special cure and made Drell drink it.
"Augh, that's horrid, that's-" Drell glared until he blinked. "Hey... Not bad."
"I thought so." Cherry said.
Drell soon took some water and relaxed himself. "Okay! Let's get this party started," he then said. "This has to be one of the most important cases yet... There's a lost lamp about."
"A lost lamp? Seriously?!" Cherry glared. "We were called here for a stupid lamp?!"
"It's not just a lamp, Cherry," Drell replied. "It's from the great treasure of Collie Baba."
"I thought it was Ali Baba?" Cherry deadpanned.
Atticus simply shrugged as he didn't know.
"Well, if you all think you're so special, why don't you just solve this on your own?" Drell snootily turned away from them.
"No, please, tell us more." Patch begged.
"Well, I'm mostly concerned about this old rival," Drell said. "I don't know if you've heard of him, but there's this sorcerer named Merlock who wants to take over the world using the lost lamp."
"He's not that sorcerer who's been underground for 800 years, is he?" Cherry asked.
"No, no, no, that's a different sorcerer," Drell replied. "That one's in Norrisville High anyway."
"Well, I guess that's not so bad." Cherry shrugged.
"So, what do you know about this guy, Drell?" Atticus asked.
"Mostly that has a talisman that's keeping him alive," Drell replied. "He must be stopped and he mustn't get that lamp."
"Why?" Mo asked.
"Don't make me go with you..." Drell replied. "He's the Tirek to my Discord."
"Whoa, that bad?" Mo asked.
"We went to the Warlock Academy together," Drell said. "He used to bully me with his advanced magic."
"Whoa." Patch said.
"He bullied you?" Cherry asked.
"Yeah, laugh at me if you want..." Drell scoffed. "But basically, yeah, he's pretty bad, I have to trust you guys to protect that lamp, the last I checked, it's hidden within the Middle East."
"Okay." Atticus said.
"Anything else?" Mo asked.
"You should be accompanied," Drell replied as he looked at his information. "Ooh... It says here you'll see a Scrooge McDuck."
"Scrooge McDuck?!" Cherry and Atticus gawked at each other as that was not a name they hadn't heard in many years. "We haven't heard that name in years."
Drell checked out Scrooge's file. "Oh, that's right," he then said. "You've spent Christmas with him, Donald, and the nephews one year when you were still in the orphanage."
Cherry and Atticus nodded to this.
"Well, you'll meet the nephews again," Drell replied. "Donald is in the Navy now."
"Cool." Atticus smiled.
"Why not just live with their parents?" Cherry asked.
Drell blinked, seeming to avoid that question. "Anyway," he then said. "There's also one new duckling, she's Scrooge's housekeeper's granddaughter, her name is Webigail Vanderquack."
"That's nice." Patch said before using his magic to make the file on the triplet boy ducklings appear over to them.
"Hey!" Drell glared. "No using magic without my say-so!"
Patch soon opened the file to read up on the triplets. Drell swiped the file right back.
"I just wanna read it..." Patch pouted.
Drell rolled his eyes and then let him read it Patch soon got to the part of the boy triplet ducklings' parents.
"'Mother: Dumbella 'Della' Duck'," Patch nodded before going to the other side. "'Father:...Question Mark'?"
"Drell, do you know who Huey, Dewey, and Louie's father is?" Atticus asked.
"I'm afraid I don't," Drell shrugged honestly. "What did they tell you when you met them?"
"They said their dad was in the hospital because of a firecrackers prank they did and their mom went to stay with them, so she sent them with Donald until he'd feel better." Cherry replied.
"Hmm... Maybe it's Daffy?" Drell smirked jokingly.
This only caused for silence to come into the room.
"Aw, come on, I had to," Drell shrugged. "Sorry, I don't know much about their parents or Webigail's parents for that matter. I just know that she lives with Mrs. Beakley now."
"Well, anyway, we better get going then," Mo said. "By the way, how will we get to them?"
"Please, allow me..." Drell did a sleight of hand to make his wand appear and he then summoned them to the Middle East without another word.
POOF! they were gone.
"That was easy." Drell smirked.
'Mr. Drell, your mother is here to see you.' Margie informed her boss.
"I'm on vacation!" Drell replied, accidentally transporting himself to where the others were.
Soon enough, they appeared in the Middle East only to be found in a plane. The passengers appeared to be yelping and screaming though, except for maybe the young kids on board.
"What's going on?" Mo asked.
"Faster, Launchpad, faster!" Dewey chanted.
"Slower, Launchpad, slower!" Scrooge begged.
"What the heck is going on?!" Cherry yelped at how fast the plane was going.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" The pilot smiled. "I'm driving the plane! Uh, hey, Mr. McDuck, I don't remember these folks being at your mansion when we left."
Scrooge McDuck recognized both Atticus and Cherry. "Bust me bagpipes, it's Atticus and Cherry!" he then announced.
"Hi, Uncle Scrooge." Cherry and Atticus waved to the older Scottish duck.
"Um, sir, you do know how to fly this thing, right?" Mo asked the pilot.
"Sure it is!" The pilot smiled.
"Uh, Launchpad, is this a stunt you learned in flight school?" Scrooge then asked.
"Flight School?" The pilot repeated.
"You've never taken flight school?!" Atticus yelped.
"Well, actually, I took a crash course." The pilot smiled innocently.
"Now he tells me." Scrooge grumbled in misfortune.
"Oh, I feel like my lunch is going to come on up!" Cherry grumbled.
"Nosedive!" Louie cheered.
"Cool!" Huey added.
"Oh, boy, oh, boy, look at that!" Louie pointed out the window.
"How do we land this thing?!" Mo yelped.
"There's the dig!" Dewey pointed out. "Did they say what they found?" he then asked his great-uncle.
"Aye," Scrooge smirked. "A hidden chamber."
"Ooh." Patch smiled.
"You think it might have the treasure of Collie Baba and his 40 Thieves?" Huey smiled hopefully.
"After all this, I'm not gettin' me hopes up." Scrooge replied as he looked out the window.
"Well, let's hope we survive." Cherry said.
"We're making our final approach," Launchpad announced as he was going to land. "Seats in the upright position."
"Put the plane in the upright position!" Scrooge scolded.
"Please!" Mo begged.
A certain blonde woman appeared to be with the archaeological diggers and they all looked up to the out of control plane. The plane nearly crashed into the temples, but luckily missed, until it got stuck in a couple of pillars.
"Please remain seated until the plane has come to a complete stop." Launchpad told his passengers.
"Look out!" The blonde woman told the diggers as the pillars were coming crashing down.
Drell soon appeared in front of the plane. Everyone then screamed since he came from nowhere. The plane soon came down to the ground and the pillars began to fall and crumble on top of each other.
"Uh-oh." Drell said.
CRASH!
Cherry looked sick to her stomach out of sickness and fear. The plane wheels soon came out from the bottom which was now the top
"Landing gear down." Launchpad told the others.
"The landing gear is supposed to come out before we land." Atticus told him.
The door soon opened and everyone tried to squeeze out and the blonde woman came toward the fallen plane.
"Hey, it's Sabrina's mom." Cherry noticed Diana was at the site.
"We shouldn't be too surprised by this." Atticus said.
"Hello, Diana." Drell greeted.
"Oh, hello, Drell," Diana replied. "How's Sabrina doing?"
"Misses you," Drell replied back. "I almost feel guilty about you and Edward divorcing the first time, but my mother told me it had to be done since you were a mortal."
"And where I'm no longer a mortal." Diana smiled.
"I know, I know," Drell replied. "That was a hassle."
"Anyway, is everyone okay?" Diana asked.
"Yeah, we're fine." Drell replied before helping himself up.
"Just had a little crash landing." Atticus said.
Everyone else fell out while the female duckling stepped out completely unharmed.
"Launchpad, look at what you've done to these ancient ruins!" Scrooge scolded the pilot of the plane.
"Well, it could've been worse," Launchpad shrugged. "It could have been something new."
Scrooge growled and looked very angered with him for making them crash.
"Oh, you must be Scrooge McDuck." Diana smiled.
"That be me," Scrooge replied. "The richest duck in the world."
"He's even richer than Bruce Wayne." Drell told Cherry.
"No way!" Cherry scoffed.
Drell soon showed her a list of famous rich people and Scrooge even topped over Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks.
"Well, shoot, I guess he is!" Cherry's eyes widened.
"Told ya." Drell said.
"It's a good thing you're here, Mr. McDuck," Diana told Scrooge. "The other diggers and I have found something."
"A chamber?" Mo guessed.
"Come along then." Diana gestured for them to come to her and the other diggers.
The male diggers pulled up on the rope to bring something out of the hole that they had been digging around. A treasure chest was soon brought up above the ground.
"Ooh." Cherry smiled.
The diggers helped the treasure chest out as they were on their way out.
"Bless me bagpipes!" Scrooge smiled as he adjusted his glasses. "An engraving of Collie Baba!"
The others smiled since he was happy and even laughed.
"This could be the treasure chest of the greatest thief who ever lived!" Scrooge chuckled as he untied the ropes with his cane.
"Awesome!" Drell smiled.
Scrooge soon busted the lock so they could have a look inside.
"Let's see!" Huey beamed.
Atticus opened the chest since it was rather heavy, but soon, everyone looked inside only to find clothes.
"Clothes?!" Atticus glared.
"He stole clothes?" The nephews asked each other.
Scrooge glared as he took out one fabric before throwing more and more out on top of Dewey which made Huey and Louie laugh at their brother.
"He was always a prankster kind of thief." Drell said.
"You knew about this?!" Cherry glared.
"I tried to explain, but you were all more interested in the triplets." Drell shrugged.
"Ah, nothing but old robes," Scrooge growled as he tossed down another fabric which was infested with moths. "40 years of searching and I end up with Collie Baba's dirty laundry!"
"Well... Erm... At least the box is pretty, Uncle Scrooge." The female duckling said cutely.
"I don't think the search is over yet." Atticus said as he found a map in one of the pockets of the clothes.
Scrooge took it and opened it up to take a look.
"Good work, Atticus." Drell said once he saw the seal of Collie Baba on the map.
"It's a map!" Scrooge beamed. "Perhaps this dig is not a lost cause after all!"
"Let's keep looking then." Drell said.
"A genuine treasure map..." Cherry commented. "I wonder if Collie Baba knows anything about Cassim."
"Doubt it, Cherry." Drell shrugged as they explored.
"Whatever, I just like a good mystery with a treasure." Cherry said along the way.
Atticus soon sensed a dark presence. He decided to go check it out. Patch was on his way to follow after his human as it was his instinct and where they soon saw where his sensed led him. There was a big and powerful looking man.
"That must be Merlock." Atticus said to himself. He soon saw a poor man bowing down to the big and powerful looking man.
"That's right, Merlock," The man told the sorcerer. "A treasure map written in Collie Baba's own hand!"
"At last," The powerful man said in a menacing voice. "After all these centuries, the lamp will be mine again."
'Again?' Atticus thought to himself.
"Yes!" The man smiled loyally up to the sorcerer. "You will become more powerful than a locomotive, more faster than a speedy bull! You will leap all buildings in a single town!"
"And you shall finally be rewarded for your dubious assistance." Merlock told him.
Patch didn't like where this was going.
"Oh, you mean it?" The man smiled up to the sorcerer. "My own mountain of money?"
"Yes... Now, give it to me." Merlock replied as he held out his hand for the map.
"Uh-oh." Atticus and Patch smirked quietly.
"Yes..." The man was about to shake the sorcerer's hand until he realized what he said. "What?"
"The map," Merlock replied. "Give it to me."
"The map? The specific map?" The man stammered nervously. "Right here, right now?"
Atticus and Patch quietly chuckled to that. Unknown to them, Merlock heard their quiet chuckles.
"Who's there?!" Merlock's voice demanded.
This made Atticus and Patch freeze nervously. He soon went to where the quiet chuckles were heard. Atticus and Patch then decided to make their escape before Merlock could find them and get them and where they were successful.
"Phew!" The two wiped their foreheads in relief.
"What did you see?" Drell asked them.
"Merlock..." Atticus replied. "He seemed creepy up close."
"Uh-oh, he's here." Drell said.
"Oh, he can't be that scary..." Cherry replied. "I've seen scarier things in my closet."
Atticus soon drew what Merlock looked like.
Cherry took it and shook a chill down her spine. "Uh, he doesn't seem that scary..." she then said.
"He seems worse than Jafar." Patch commented.
"Okay, yeah, that's scary." Cherry said.
"Don't get me started on him." Drell shuddered.