Chapter 2: An Epic First Adventure
The adventure has finally begun! Most families go on adventures in a form of road trips...unless you're part of a McDuck-Duck family. Then the adventures are a little more fantastical, but to them, it's a regular field trip. And what better way to start the first adventure than to go to the lost city of Atlantis?
Dewey had excitedly climbed up the steps of the submarine and he looked outside. He's unaware that Scrooge is in a middle of a phone call and unfortunately, Dewey is apparently so excited to the point that he's randomly spouting off nautical terms, one of which is, "Dive!" This startled Scrooge.
What's even more unfortunate is that Launchpad took the "dive" order too literally and he made the sub go down to the underwater surface. It's a good thing that Scrooge is quick to react and he made Dewey go down the steps and he closed the submarine door. Otherwise, too much water would have went inside the sub.
Some water did get inside the sub though. Dewey didn't mind as he slid down the ladder. Then he is about to run off to the front of the sub when he saw Webby.
He automatically smiled. He still can't believe that Webby is with him in his first adventure. Sure, he does expect his brothers to be here with him, since they are his family and all, but he definitely did not expect someone who shares the same interests as him to be with him too. He's pleasantly surprised at this thought as he ran off to the front of the sub.
Webby looked at Dewey running off. She isn't really happy with the current situation (pumping the water out of the sub along with Louie), but she's happy to see Dewey having fun.
Then Webby noticed that Louie is talking on his cell phone to Donald. She heard Louie saying those lies to his uncle and she felt a little distressed. That's not true at all! I must speak up! She thought. Then she is about to say something about what they did until Louie put his hand in front of her face, making her stop talking, and he hung up on Donald. Webby looked confused as she said, "Why didn't you tell him the truth?"
Louie looked back at Webby as he refuted, "You didn't tell your grandma that you're going to a dangerous underwater city, did you?" Webby looked stunned. Dang it! Louie has a point there! She thought with surprise. "Umm... I kinda sorta...didn't tell her anything?" She stammered nervously. "Webby, that's irresponsible! She'll be worried sick! Call your grandma this instant!" Louie told Webby as he handed out his cell phone to her.
"And tell her that you're spending a night at a friend's house! Lying! It's the responsible thing to do!" Louie added. Webby felt some shame as she took the cell phone and she looked down at it while frowning. This somehow doesn't feel right to me... I don't want to lie, I want to go on adventures...just like Dewey... She thought fondly.
Meanwhile, Dewey just heard about Huey's travel plans and he climbed up the seat and he ripped up the checklist. He doesn't want to make plans. He wants the adventure to start already. After all, to him, adventure is all about doing.
After that little outburst, Dewey walked up to the sub's controls. Launchpad is currently piloting the sub and Scrooge is standing next to him. "So, what can I be in charge of? The buzz arms?" Dewey asked. "No!" Scrooge replied. "The sonic cannons?" Dewey asked again as he pulled the small lever. "Wait, no!" Scrooge responded as he pulled the small lever back. "Hyper zero point energy missiles that pierces the scaly hide of a kraken?" Dewey asked once again as he is about to press the button. Scrooge blocked Dewey's hand as he explained, "None of those things are real things! This is your first expedition, so just stand back and watch the old pro...from a safe distance." Dewey felt a little disappointed, but he continued to ask. "So what is this submarine equipped with?" He wondered.
That's when Scrooge buckled Dewey into the seat with a seatbelt. "Seatbelts." Scrooge answered as he walked away while sarcastically chuckling. Dewey chuckled weakly as he said, "Ha! Good one!" Oh man! Since when did this adventure suddenly get boring? Dewey thought a little sadly.
Huey came up to Dewey and he looked at Scrooge. Dewey started to explain to Huey about the "old adventurer passing the torch to a cocky young successor" dynamic until Huey said, "I'm pretty sure he doesn't actually know our names." That puts a little damper on Dewey's spirit as he said, "I'm sorry, what?" Huey explained, "I think he called me Herbert once." No way! That is so unbelievable! I'm gonna test out my theory that Scrooge does remember our names! Dewey thought with determination. "Don't be ridiculous!" He replied to Huey.
Then Dewey looked at Scrooge as he said, "Hey, Scrooge! When are we gonna set sail, Scrooge?" Scroogie replied, "In a moment, Sonny Jim!" Dewey frowned as he looked down at the floor. Huey took out one of the family road trip shirts, but Dewey threatened to cram the shirt down Huey's throat, which made Huey put the shirt away. Today was really not Dewey's day...
Webby jumped into the seat near Dewey. She looked at the same negative expression on his face and she felt the same twinge of concern in her heart. She really doesn't know what's going on with her heart, but she knew what must be done. Dewey doesn't look like he's having fun... Maybe I can cheer him up! She thought excitedly. She is about to go comfort Dewey when Louie walked up to the group and said, "Guys, lighten up! We're on a deep sea expedition...with Scrooge McDuck!"
Then the kids looked at Scrooge with excitement and anticipation. Scrooge finally finished writing the path on the map and he went over to Launchpad to tell him where to go. "Next stop, the lost city of Atlantis!" Scrooge announced. The kids (and Launchpad) cheered happily. Finally! Time for a real adventure! Dewey and Webby both thought. "...in about 16 hours!" Scrooge added. The kids suddenly lost their enthusiasm. They were expecting an immediate adventure. Huey pulled out a radio and he played sea shanties.
A few hours later...
Dewey is sitting on the seat, looking around anxiously. Everyone else is asleep, but he is awake. He just wants the adventure and yet, the journey is slow and tedious. Huey's sea shanties radio is making it worse.
After tossing and turning for a few minutes, he looked at Webby, who is sleeping really peacefully, despite the loud radio. Dewey smiled. Wow... Webby is having a nice rest over there...and I'm impressed that she couldn't even hear the radio! Well, I'm glad that she's getting all the rest that she can get. Dewey thought happily. This is the only thing that made Dewey happy during the journey.
A few more hours later...
Dewey decided that he had enough of the tedious process. He walked up to the front of the sub and he asked his Uncle Scrooge if they can go on a straight path to Atlantis, but Scrooge denied that request because it's a dangerous path and because the path to a destination isn't always a straight line.
So when Scrooge looked away (and Launchpad dozed off), Dewey took the map and he used a pencil and eraser to erase the path that Scrooge drew and he drew a straight line to Atlantis. Then he put the map back up in front of Launchpad. Launchpad looked at the map and he noticed a path difference, but he didn't pay it any mind as he piloted towards that path.
Dewey got back on his seat as he said, "Shortcut achieved! He'll thank me later!" Finally! Adventure, here we come! Dewey thought.
A few dangerous encounters later...
Once the submarine finally reached a safe area, the kids (and Scrooge) are laying on the floor in exhaustion. Dewey glanced at Webby in concern because he didn't mean to put her (and his family) through any danger. He just wanted to get to the destination in a fastest way possible.
Scrooge sighed as he got up and said, "You kids will be the death of me." Dewey looks shocked as he looked up at Scrooge. "Dewey! Dewey will be the death of you!" He said in an indignant tone. After that, Huey wants to make a pit stop to the bathroom and Launchpad saw an unmanned boat in the radar...
One short bathroom break later...
Dewey ran out of the bathroom, feeling very refreshed. Scrooge was waiting outside. Dewey's brothers followed him out (but not before Huey stops and he went back to the bathroom to wash his hands, irritating Scrooge a little more).
Dewey feels more excited as he went back inside the sub even though he doesn't know why. Then he looks at Webby, who is now asleep on her seat. He now figured out why he felt more excited, but he had another question. Why am I so excited to see Webby again? Maybe it's because of the obvious fact that we share similar interests and that she's super fun to be around... Yeah, I think that's why. Dewey deduced.
Then Dewey sat down next to Webby. He looks at her and he smiles yet again. He still can't figure out why he keeps on smiling when he sees her, but at this point, he's just going to go with the flow. Then he yawned. He's starting to feel sleepy. He knew that every time he would try to sleep, he would always feel anxious because things are going so slow, but with Webby, there's a comforting aura that pretty much takes away the anxious feeling. He started to nod off and then he slept on the seat next to Webby. Long story short, Dewey felt like he got the best sleep of his life, thanks to Webby's comforting aura.
Several hours later...
Dewey, Webby, and the others woke up. Scrooge looks a little exasperated at the kids because he just made an announcement and none of the kids listened because of the sleep. Huey looked around and he figured out what's going on pretty quickly. The kids walked to the right side to see out of the submarine window and they saw the lost city of Atlantis! The kids immediately feel fascinated by this sight. Scrooge wasn't amused because he's going to show them the sight first, but the kids saw it themselves. "Yes! Good! Ooooooh! Aaaaaaaah! Thanks for spoiling the moment." Scrooge said with lots of petulant sarcasm.
The group had noticed that the city is upside down. "Well, that's a new one." Scrooge commented. The submarine entered the city of Atlantis through the doorway that leads to the surface.
A few minutes later...
Once the submarine got to the surface and everyone got out, Webby looked at the cell phone in her hands. It shows lots of missed calls from Mrs. Beakley. Louie walked up to Webby. He sees this and he said, "Just call your grandma already! It's no big deal!" Then he pressed the call button and that startled Webby. "Remember, you're at your friend's house, ok? You got this." Louie said. Webby nodded. Then she started the phone call by saying, "Hi-granny-I'm-spending-the-night-at-a-friend's-house-so-nothing-is-wrong!" She immediately hung up after that. Louie shook his head. "Oh, you don't got this." He commented. Webby just smiled while feeling a little uneasy.
Dewey watches the whole conversation and he immediately felt concern for Webby. I hope Webby is ok. She's too sweet to get manipulated by Louie or whatever mind trick Louie is doing. He hoped. Then he looked confused. Wait, why do I keep having those thoughts? It keeps on coming to me every time I think of We- Ooh, what's this? Dewey thought as his attention span made him look at the wall with drawings.
Dewey looks at the wall with curiosity. Scrooge walks up to it and he started to explain, "Aha! According to these markings, the Atlanteans were so eager to build an epic city filled of wonders and death traps-" That's all Dewey heard before he walked inside the tunnel.
A minute later...
Dewey sat down and scowled. It turns out that there are no thrills in this room at all because of the upside down nature of Atlantis. The buzzsaws are rolling around on the ceiling. Why is there suddenly lots of boring stuff in adventures now?! Whatever happened to good ol' thrilling and exciting adventures?! Dewey thought angrily.
The others went inside the same room that Dewey is in. Webby looked at Dewey in concern, noticing Dewey and his negativity yet again. Her heart felt a twinge of concern in her heart again. Webby feels so confused about those feelings. Why does my heart keeps doing this every time I see Dewey like this? Am I possessed or something?! Webby thought naively.
"Gah! Lad, I thought the traps would get you for sure!" Scrooge said once he saw Dewey. Dewey inwardly scoffed as he pointed up at the buzz-saws on the ceiling. The others looked up and they understood what he meant now. "Stupid upside-down temple! Nothing cool about walking UNDER buzzsaws!" Dewey grumbled. "From now on, don't touch anything!" Scrooge replied. Dewey kicked a pebble into the wall and it bounced off into the ceiling, activating a trap. The snakes fell down on Launchpad. The rest of the group ran to the other room.
The Duck family looked at Launchpad as he climbed over to the room they're in. He has venom poisoning from the snake bites, but that doesn't seem to affect Launchpad much. Dewey looks concerned at Launchpad, unknowingly making a first sign of their friendship in the future. After Launchpad's non-sequitur, Scrooge moves the rock from the next doorway and he went into the next room. Dewey saw this and he followed.
Several minutes later...
Dewey looks around in the flooding treasure room. He wondered how he got himself (and Scrooge and Donald) into this mess. He recounted the events. First, he recklessly crossed the bridge full of lasers (thank goodness that Donald happened to be down below to block the fire traps with a shield), then he impulsively alerted Glomgold and his goons to his presence in the treasure room, and one of his goons activated a flood trap as in the room. Glomgold and his goons escaped while that was happening. Dewey decided to stay on the floating treasure chest as his two uncles argued about the past incident.
Dewey wondered if Webby will be ok. Then he remembered that Webby is an awesome adventurer girl who can fend for herself. Wow... These thoughts are back with a vengeance. Oh well. Dewey thought with resignation. They do feel pretty good though... I think I'm starting to enjoy this. Then he looked up at the ceiling and he saw a blue jewel over there. "Hey, why is there a lamp on the floor?" He said, not knowing what that jewel actually is. That got his two uncles' attention and they looked up at the ceiling. That's when they started to figure out a solution to this problem.
Several more minutes later...
Dewey held on to the jewel while Launchpad piloted the submarine back home. The Duck family has safely made it back to the submarine after everything that has happened and Dewey loved every minute of it. The adventure was fun for him after all. He blissfully remembered the last few minutes.
Dewey and his two uncles has just solved the flooding room problem and Dewey grabbed the jewel and he ran out of the treasure room. Scrooge and Donald followed. Once they got to the room that the rest of the group is at, they saw the others fighting off against Glomgold's goons. And Dewey watched Webby fight off against Gabby McStabberson. Webby is really holding her own against Gabby and she eventually defeated her. Webby leaped off Gabby and she landed next to Dewey.
Dewey smiled at Webby. Her adventuring and fighting skills are even more impressive than Dewey thought. Wow! Webby is so awesome! I am so glad that I'm friends with her! ...Yeah, I'm aware that I'm still having those thoughts, but at this point, I'm slowly accepting those thoughts. He thought fondly. Webby looked at Dewey and smiles back. Oh my gosh! It seems like Dewey thinks that my skills are spectacular! Yay, one of the triplets thinks that I'm cool! She thought happily. Then Dewey and Webby felt their second chemistry spark between each other. They giggled together.
Then they felt the rumbling on the ground. Atlantis is going to fall apart thanks to Glomgold shooting missiles at the city from his submarine! The group figured that they need to get going to their submarine. They dashed to the sub very quickly. Dewey held Webby's hand while they are dashing to the sub, just to make sure that she's safe.
When they were about to enter the sub, Glomgold's goons asked if they can ride with them. Glomgold had left them behind and the goons were starting to feel remorseful. Donald decided to let them ride with the group.
And that's how it all led up to the current situation. Launchpad piloted the submarine back to Duckburg and to the surface.
A few minutes later...
Scrooge smiled as he watched Glomgold get carried away by a sea monster. Scrooge has just upstaged Glomgold as he showed the real jewel of Atlantis to the reporters. He claimed that the jewel will power Duckburg for 50 years.
The first adventure turned out to be really awesome. I love it! And I wouldn't have it any other way... Dewey thought as he watched Webby talk to Mrs. Beakley. He sighs happily.
Webby just finished talking to her grandma and she glanced at Webby. She felt some joy in her heart as she smiled. This adventure was so fun! I'm glad that I got to share it with someone who loves adventure as much as I do! She thought as she sighed happily too.
After they got to the manor...
Unfortunately, the houseboat exploded thanks to Dewey leaving the engine running. Fortunately, Scrooge lets the family stay at his manor. Naturally, the triplets felt very excited about this. Donald is just grateful that Scrooge is generous enough to do this.
Dewey is just sorting out the stuff in the garage when he looked at Scrooge, Huey, and Louie having a playful battle with each other. Then he watched Webby hang on to the sword that can fly around. He looks alarmed at first, but then he smiles at the sight. Webby seems like she's having fun and that always warms Dewey's heart. He's still confused about those feelings, but he barely questions it anymore. He's now going with a flow.
Then Dewey looked at the same old painting of Scrooge and Donald battling pirates in one of their adventures. Then Dewey noticed that there's a loose corner in that painting. He smoothed the corner up and...he gasped. He saw the person in the painting that he thought he will never see again. "Mom?" He said to himself. This puzzled Dewey a lot and he has lots of questions and no answers. Then he decided that he will start of the investigation for this mystery, but he knew that he can't do it alone. He had thought about the one person that will most likely help him out with this mystery: Webby.
(And that's all for the second half of the pilot episode! Phew, that was a lot to write about, but I had fun doing it and that's all it matters! I hope you guys enjoyed this one epic chapter and I'll see you guys later! ^^)
