It was a regular Saturday morning, the sun was shining outside, there wasn't a cloud in the sky, the birds was singing peacefully, and over all there was peace and quiet as the ordinary everyday people of saint canard slowly woke up. everything roamed about peace and quiet...
And then there was the Mallard house hold where ordinary was a dirty word and peace and quiet could might as well have been words of a strange and foreign languet.
"You're never going to catch me dad!" Gosalyn cheered gleefully as she ran across the living room wearing nothing by her purple pajamas.
"Oh we'll see about that!" Drake Mallard roared a smile clearly present in his voice. "No one escapes the mighty masked Mallard."
"Face it Dad, your loosing it." Gosalyn laughed as she jumped up and down on the couch.
"Oh yeah?" Drake asked. "Got you!" and he flung himself at where Gosalyn was jumping up and down only to miss by an inch as Gosalyn jumped side ways down from the couch and Drake landed on his stomach with outstretched arms.
"And Gosalyn once again tricked the so called hero of Saint canard, what will he do now?" Gosalyn asked with a grin all over her beak.
"Al right that's it!" Drake grunted. "It's time to get dangerous!" and he charged after the laughing daughter.
Launchpad McQuack didn't even lower his comic book as all of this was going on in front of him, he merely licked his finger and turned another page as the loud noise and several crashes sounded from across the house.
"AHA!" Drake yelled. "I got you!" and true enough he had firmly captured Gosalyn in a tight grip. "Your days of crimes are over QuiverWing Quack"
"Never!" Gosalyn shouted. "There is nothing you can ever do to make me talk!"
"Oh yeah?" Drake asked in a slight grin. "We'll see!" and he mercilesy began tickling Gosalyn making her gulf in laughter. "So spit it out Quiver, or the torture continues!"
"Never!" Gosalyn gaped for air, trying to get over the laughter. "You'll have to do better than that!" she spat out tears coming through her eyes.
"Your words is my law." Drake complied and now simply picked her up to lay her over his shoulder as a sack of potatoes starting to tickle her under the feet's as well.
"All right! All right you win!" Gosalyn hauled.
"Then say it!" Drake insisted continuing mercilessly.
"Gah, no.. All right!" Gosalyn changed her mind as Drake pulled a feather out of his neck threatening to use that to tickle her foot. "You're the greatest hero, greater than Gizmoduck and you out bested me." she at last defeated stated.
"That's right." Drake nodded. "And let that be a lesson to the lady." he laughed whole heartedly as he finally put her down.
"Not!" Gosalyn yelled as soon as she had been sat down and rammed head first into him. "I can take you on any day Darkwing!"
"Oh yeah!" Drake asked from the sitting position he had fallen down to by the surprise attack. "Let's see about that!" And he reached out to grab her, pulling Gosalyn in, only Gosalyn had all ready thought of a counter attack, she was fully intending to capture her father by tricking him to reach out an arm, and then grab it an twist it around in a nelson, what she didn't know was that Drake was planning to go for another tickling assault going for her stomach, and thus disaster was clearly in the air. If it not was not because that the entire thing was being abruptly stopped by the sound of their doorbell that rang through the entire house.
"Oh gezz." Drake sighed. "At this time on a Saturday, it can only be the Muddlefoots." he stated rather grimly. "Thank god we actually have plans today so I have an excuse to get rid of them." he grumbled sourly getting up on his legs brushing dust of his shirt.
Gosalyn shook her head and then beamed brightly, today she and her dad was going to have some quality time together as he had promised, just the two of them, and they had carefully picked the activity so it was something they both were going to enjoy, they would be out going wall climbing! An amazingly good idea if Gosalyn was allowed to say so, and it was even her own brilliant idea.
Drake grumbed annoyed as he moved to the front door, "hopefully it's not Quackerware season all ready." he ranted beneath his breath just about to reach for the door knob but was taken by surprise in the last minute.
"AH HA!" Gosalyn yelled as she jumped up on his back. "I captured you, end game for you!" she howled from her place up on his back, holding firmly around his neck so she wouldn't drop of.
"It would be a child's play for me to get you down from there you know." Drake smirked better knowingly yet made no motion to get her down at all.
Gosalyn laughed sweetly from her position as Drake was finally able to open the door... and was left completely and utterly gobsmacked by the sight that met him.
Because on the other side of the door was not any of the Muddlefoot's nor anyone else that would normally have come to this house hold, it wasn't even the mail man. No, it was a little ageing owl by the name of J. Gander Hooter. Both Drake and Gosalyn was completely stunned into silence as they looked down at the little owl.
"Mr. Drake Mallard I presume?" Gander broke the stunned silence.
"Yeas.." Drake hesitated a bit.
"And that must be miss Waddlemeyer, I must say I am very pleased to meet you." the owl continued.
"Waddlemeyer?" Drake echoed so confused that he was not capable of making any connection what so ever.
"He means me Dad." Gosalyn told quietly from her position on his back, before she addressed the owl. "Sorry, I don't go by that name any more, I'm Gosalyn Mallard... Mr?"
"Hooter." The owl presented himself. "J. Gander Hooter, I am head director of S.H.U.S. our international agency for secret agents."
Drake blinked, still as stunned as before.
"And it pleases me dearly to be in a position of such delighted luck and happiness." J. Gander continued. "For only forty-two hours ago our agents boosted and closed down one of villain facilities of a criminal organization by the name of F.O.W.L. this specific facility proved also to be their prison and we managed to retrieve a number of agents who had been missing for years, among them a Mr. and Mrs Waddlemeyer, who were presumed quite dead as they were missing in action five years ago, both anxious to see their daughter." the Owl looked up at Gosalyn who was clinging tighter and tighter to Drake as she listened. "Gosalyn Waddlemeyer."
Both Gosalyn and Drake was completely and absolutely stunned, looking wide-eyed at the owl as if he had three heads.
"So if you would allow me to introduce you, Percival and Marguerite Waddlemeyer." he gestured at the car far behind him where Grizzlikoff stood by the door, which he opened.
Out of it stepped a red haired man, looking like a nervous wreckage, wearing a smart suite that seemed completely out of place on him, his hair kept back in horse tale which strangely enough also looked weird on him, his eyes were squinting and at last he pulled up a pair of round glasses which he putted on, his eyes searching towards the house until they at last landed on Gosalyn, and his eyes widened slightly as he looked stunned at Gosalyn, his beak that beforehand had frowned actually tipping a bit upwards as he looked at her, until the woman stepped out and pulled the glasses of him, rendering the red haired duck to have to squint his eyes again, the woman looked way more at home in the smart agent suit, her hair very short and neat and her face clean, her eyes also looked over towards Gosalyn.. and then it was like her entire facade altered
"Gosalyn!" the woman shrieked as she saw her and she ran from the car in the direction of Drake and Gosalyn, almost shovelling Hooter to the side. "Oh my word look at you, you're so big! your almost a woman!" the woman cried, there really were tears in her eyes.
Gosalyn who was a girl that was normally never afraid of any-thing looked like her worst nightmare had just come true as she clinged to Drake almost chocking him so he had to gape for air. At last Drake managed to manoeuvre the girl from his back and in front of him, though he didn't want to let go, his parental instincts taking completely over as he just tightly held the girl into his chest staring at the mad woman in front of him.
"Gosalyn! it's me! Mommy!" The woman continued regardless.
Gosalyn was just starring horrified and could only shake her head.
At last the red haired Duck had made his way up to them, his squinted eyes at Gosalyn, and then he turned to the woman. "Sweet heart calm down your scaring her." he pleaded..
"Nonsense," the woman brushed him off. "Oh Gossy you can't believe how glad I am to see my little princess! and I promise I'll never leave you again, we are going to dress up, play with dolls I am going to teach you have to dress! It'll be so much fun!"
At this point Gosalyn was beginning to sniff into Drakes shirt.
"Darling stop." the man begged. "Gosalyn will know us soon enough," he gulped. "I'm sure of it. Just give it some time and don't jump her like that, look at her, she's scared."
"Nonsense Percy, how could she be scared of her own mother?" the woman asked.
Drake could clearly fell Gosalyn shiver in his arms, and her head was suddenly buried down in his shirt. Angrily Drake looked up. "Madame, calm yourself, I don't know what you want, but my daughter isn't going any-where."
the woman's face fell. "Your daughter?" she asked.
"Yeas indeed." Drake snarled. "And who wouldn't be scared when two strangers come to one's home claiming to be a couple of parents back from the dead?" he asked sourly.
"I thought I explained this to you." Hooter was finally back on his legs straightening putting his glasses back on place as he addressed the agent couple. "There is complications, Gosalyn was adopted almost a year ago."
"Exactly." Drake stated grimly. "She's my daughter and she's staying with me!"
Marguerite Waddlemeyer sniffed annoyed, as if Drake was just a minor inconvenience. "I beg to differ." she opened her smart purple hand bag. "The law is on our side, you barely been her guardian for a year and we never voluntarily put Gosalyn up for adoption." she pulled up a bundle of papers. "So if you really want to do this the hard way I am ready to sue, and I think it's wise to remember, that we are rich, unlike some others." she told stiffly.
"What are you, like money is everything?" Drakes temper was rising.
"If you want lawyers and courtroom it is." The lady smirked slightly. "So are you going to let us in?" she asked.
Angry Drake siezed the woman huddling the crying Gosalyn as close to himself as he possible could.
The man hopelessly watched the scenery, his face expression really being something close to torned despair. "I'm sorry Mr. Mallard." he tried to say. "But... she spend five years only pulling through by the thought of Gosalyn." he uttered in a slightly desperate tone. "she's desperate to be with her daughter." he at last whispered almost mumbled.
"Fine then!" Drake snapped. "Please do come in and why don't you trash the place now you're at it?" he asked. "But I am telling you, Gosalyn isn't going anywhere!"
There was a warning glint in the womans eye. "Oh?" she asked. "I guess we'll see."
The man looked very apologetic even a little pleading at Drake as the two stepped inside.
"You want to come in to?" Drake grumbling asked Hooter. "We'll have a house party."
"I think I better, as a legal aid if there is any confrontation." Hooter nodded. "Grizlikoff." he called, and the big bear started to stamp his way up to the door.
"Oh fantastic." Drake sarcastically muttered under his breath. "Absolutely brilliant, I knew there was a reason I totally gave up being Drake Mallard at all back in the day."
Finally as everyone had manoeuvred inside did Drake just have a tiny bit of space with Gosalyn. "Honey, how are you feeling." he whispered to the little red-head.
She didn't answer, just clinged tightly to him. "Don't leave me with those people." she begged.
"Not on your life." Drake promised. "I won't let you out of my sight." and he braced himself as he carried Gosalyn into the living room where the entire freak circus seemed to be waiting for him, not to mention an extremely confused Launchpad who starred stunned at the entire scenery.
AN; yeah okay, so it happened, yet another Darkwing story, I couldn't help myself! This show is just that awesome that I can't get it off my mind.. sigh... It so died prematurely.
Anyhow.. I don't think I have seen this being done before, tell me what you think.