A/n: Anyone up for a Smurf quote?

Chapter 4

D.S

Darkwing had the distinct feeling that he was in a military ship of sorts, the hallways were small and cramped like those in a submarine, and a series of rugs placed on the decking was the only indication that the place wasn't a military vessel any more.

Darkwing kept hold of Gosalyn's hand, she was very interested in the entire place, and at any moment she was bound to go running off to explore more thoroughly. 'I thought that you, of all people, would hate to be surrounded by water, Megavolt.' He said casually.

Megavolt smiled. 'I do hate being surrounded by water, in fact I very rarely go topside, but given the choice of being surrounded by water or surrounded by zombies I think that water is a better choice. Watch your step.' He said calmly as he hopped over one of the door frames.

'So how long have you been "sea faring" for?' Darkwing asked.

Megavolt shrugged. 'Years... after the initial outbreak, no one wanted to stay on land any more.' He said calmly. 'So after a year of..' He broke of abruptly, he'd lead them out of the corridor and into a large atrium filled with plants and benches, with a large statue of Darkwing Duck in the centre.

Darkwing's grip on Gosalyn's hand vanished as he walked over to see it better, the statue of Darkwing was made out of cement, and for some reason Darkwing found it more foreboding than anything that had happened in this universe so far.

'You've got to be kidding me.' Negaduck groaned as he saw it.

Darkwing didn't bother looking back at the comment, his eyes drifted from the face of the statue to the sword at the duck's side then down to the plaque at the base. "In memory of Darkwing Saviour. Loving Father and Saviour."

He shook his head, he was dead here? He turned to look at Megavolt. 'What happened?' He demanded.

Megavolt frowned. 'Darkwing... haven't you ever watched one of those zombie movies? A world like this isn't a place for a hero.'

Darkwing closed his eyes, why was it bothering him so much? This was a distant future in a different universe... even the idea of Negaduck's world hadn't bothered him as much as this, but he hadn't been dead there, NegaGosalyn hadn't been left alone in such a horrible place. He shook his head and out of instinct started down the corridor to his right.

'So he died?' Negaduck asked casually following a short distance behind him.

'He died saving people.' Megavolt corrected. 'He knew full well that if he kept going to save people it'd just be a matter of time before he himself got into trouble...'

'Sounds like Darkwing alright.' Negaduck said sarcastically.

'Alright, let's get this straight, Negaduck!'

Darkwing's feet stopped before he realised they had, Megavolt was defending him?

'There is a big difference between you and Darkwing, right?' Megavolt didn't give Negaduck much time to reply before he continued. 'And even a parallel dimension like this one that has a Darkwing Duck with the same back-story is still different, right?' Megavolt took a deep breath and after a brief pause continued. 'The difference between a Crime-fighter and a Saviour's mental constructs aren't all that different... but Darkwing Saviour went through a heck of a lot more than either of you two alternates put together! DS lost a lot in the outbreak and he chose to save people instead of just going out there on a free-for-all zombie slaying spree! He wanted it that way and he didn't do it in a stupid way, he did it in a heroic way!'

'You two were close?' Launchpad asked sympathetically.

Megavolt rose an eyebrow. 'He left us in charge and I'm not about to let you upset her.'

'In charge of what? Upset who?'

Megavolt shook his head, and his gaze went to Darkwing. 'Who's hungry? I know I am!' He headed past Darkwing quickly. 'I wonder what they've got for lunch in the mess-hall today.' He wondered aloud.

Darkwing found himself suddenly at the back of the group with Negaduck.

'He might be older.' Negaduck muttered to him. 'But his circuits are still just as fried.'

Darkwing shrugged, maybe the reason why he'd started in this direction was because of the smell of food that was starting to get stronger with every step he took.

It was crowded in the large room, incredibly crowded.

Negaduck gazed around, it was set out like a food court, with the majority of the room filled with tables and chairs, everyone was sitting in individual groups chatting away as they ate their meals, there was an awful lot of children running around and Negaduck suddenly found himself hating food-courts because of the rather up-beat emotions that were going on, and this universe had felt so promising to begin with.

'So what exactly does everyone do around here?' Gosalyn asked following Megavolt into the cue. Megavolt shrugged. 'Oh everything... cooking, cleaning, science, engineering, health-care, dimensional weaponry.'

Negaduck looked to Megavolt. 'Dimensional Weaponry?'

'Well, actually it's cross-dimensional, they tag team with the group in the Negaverse.' Megavolt looked at him. 'And "no", I'm not going to introduce you to them, one Negaduck is more than enough for them to have to put up with.'

'What? There's another one of him wandering around here?' Gosalyn quacked in horror.

Negaduck smirked at her.

'Oh I haven't got a clue what he's up to at the moment.' Megavolt said casually. 'He's always up to something.'

Negaduck chuckled quietly to himself, the conversations he could have with his alternate... the future tips and hints he could get.

'Hey, Lauren... what's the calamity today?'

'You mean besides having run out of birthday cake again?'

'Why didn't you just make double the amount than last time?'

'We did.' She replied.

Megavolt rose an eyebrow and looked around. 'That's a bit of a statistical anomaly.'

'You're telling me?' She said gazing at him. 'I dished the cake out.'

Megavolt shrugged. 'Well double it again.' He offered.

She shook her head. 'And of course VD hasn't been in since four o'clock this morning.'

'Well she hates birthdays, you know that.'

'Yeah, I know, that doesn't mean she has to-' Lauren's gaze drifted to Darkwing and she blinked a few times. 'Are you lot having some cross-dimensional party again?'

Megavolt chuckled. 'Not quite.'

Negaduck stepped up to Megavolt and gave him a shove. 'Oh get moving, Sparky! I'm hungry!'

Megavolt stepped out of the way and Negaduck moved past him, hearing a sarcastic comment from the lunch-lady. 'He's just as charming in any universe.'

Negaduck snatched up a tray and grabbed himself helpings of some of the food.

Gosalyn sat down at the table gazing at the tray of food her Dad had passed her. 'Er... just wondering... is this like the food in our universe?'

She looked up and glared at Negaduck as he choked loudly on his mouthful of food.

'It's fine.' Megavolt said calmly. 'Bushroot's got the whole thing covered.'

'I wasn't talking about the vegetables.' Gosalyn said quietly. 'I was talking about the meat.'

Megavolt gazed at her. 'It's all zombie-free if that's what you're worried about, like I said, Bushroot's got the whole thing covered, I don't know the details but he's not the kind of guy who'd do that.'

Gosalyn's eyebrow rose. 'Really? I find it hard to believe, he tried to turn me into mulch once.' To her joy Negaduck was looking a bit disturbed by his own food now. 'And he kinda eats the stuff...'

Megavolt rose an eyebrow. 'I don't know the details, but he worked it out with DS so...'

'Well.' Gosalyn said picking up her fork quickly. 'If it's Darkwing approved then it's fine with me!'

This earned her an affectionate and approving smile from her Dad.

'Gee... I had no idea that I missed you so much.' Megavolt muttered.

She looked at him in concern. 'What happened to me?' She asked.

Megavolt frowned and shook his head. 'Oh, uh, nothing. Don't worry about it.'

'Who else is dead?' Gosalyn asked seriously.

'Don't worry about it.' Megavolt said calmly. 'After all, the likelihood that your universe is going to go the way ours has isn't very high.'

'On the meter, where is it exactly?' She asked gazing at him intently.

Megavolt shrugged. 'Well we'd have to pin-point your universe by using your specific codes to work that one out for sure.'

'And-'

'Gos, eat up.'

She turned to Darkwing. 'Don't you want to know for sure too?'

'Of course I would!' He said seriously. 'But your food's getting cold.'

She frowned and looked down to her plate.

'And I know how much you hate cold food, so, eat.'

She sighed and started eating.