Summary: After setting base on Blanc, Duck finds himself wondering who his birth parents. When embassador of Earth comes to Blanc, Danger just find the answers he seeks. Mentions of Duck Dodgers
Disclaimer: Am I warner? No! So therefore, once again, I own nothing.
Pairing(s): undecided. Vote and we'll see.
Rating: Teen
Notes: I'm not sure how old Danger is, but I'm making him 19, Ace, Lexi, Rev, and Tech 23, and Slam 24.
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"Aw, mom!" Duck whined the next day as he talked to the queen. "Why can't we have the generator?"
"Because, Ducky! This is a war!" Tryrahnee said. "Even before your father, we have been battling against earth and now we can destroy it!"
"Isn't that a wee bit extreme?" Duck asked.
"Look, it's nothing too personal, Ducky poo!" The queen explained. "It's just that we are a War planet! That means we invade, conquer, or destroy! It's that simple." Duck thought fast.
"Ever think about taking up knitting?" he asked. "Okay, look! Even if we destroy earth, what good will that do? We blow it up and we have a bunch of rocks flying around which adds to the litter in space and the next thing you know we the galactic eco system on our butts. But if we just conquer it, we get slaves, and beautiful tropical beaches to lounge on." The queen glanced at him.
"So you want to conquer earth instead of destroy it?" she asked.
"Um, sure! Why not?" he replied. Truthfully, he buy some time and avoid invading all together.
"Oh, sweetie!" Tryrahnee said as she embraced him. "You've only just returned and you're already talking like a war prince! You really do take after me!"
"Urk! T-thanks, mom..." Duck said shyly. "So can we have the generator?"
"No." Tryrahnee said shortly.
"But mom! C'mon! Jem needs it so she can bring peace to her stupid planet!" Duck whined. "If she doesn't get it, then she'll never leave!" The Queen raised and eye brow.
"Jem?"
"Oh! I mean Kala Mity. Kala Mity... You know if you say her name really fast, it sounds like 'Calamity?'" Duck said looking thoughtful. "I wonder if that's what she was going for?"
"Sounds like you really like her, hun." Tryrahnee grinned. "Is she your girlfriend?" At this Duck almost fell over.
"Wha-what? No way! She's just a spoiled brat who I can't seem to ditch!" he spurted out. The queen chuckled.
"I'm sure," she said. "It's not like I'd object, deary. She's a lovely girl and a princess of war planet. If you two were to marry, we could have a powerful army."
"I don't like her! Besides, we're already married!" Then Duck's eyes widen. "Holy crap! We never got the chance to divorce! She disappeared after the meteor hit!"
"Huh?"
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Ace paced in the room given to him by the martians while Rev, Slam, and Lexi all played video games.
"Whoa!-Ace,-you-gotta-check-this-out! This-game-is-awwwwesome!" Rev said as he played. "Waaaay-better-than-the-ones-back-home!"
"He's right, Ace! Sit down and join us!" Lexi said.
"Sorry, guys! I'm a little preoccupied." Ace said as he continued to pace.
"Relax, chief!" Tech said as he looked over the Carvian gun he had taken apart. "Duck knows how to get what he wants. Especially if he grew up with Princess Babalicious."
"That's not what I'm worried about," Ace sighed. "We all know how Duck is! What if he really does decide to stay here on Mars as it's prince?" The loonatics all stopped what they were doing. They hadn't really thought of that. What if he really did decide to stay? What would become of the Loonatics? It really wouldn't be the same without him.
Suddenly said Duck quacked into the room.
"Hey, guys! Where's Kala? I need to see her now!" he yelled.
"Something wrong, Duck?" Ace asked.
"Yeah! I need to get a divorce!" The loonatic leader blinked at him.
"What?" he exclaimed.
"You're married?" Tech exclaimed.
"To Kala?" Lexi gasped.
"Yugh?" Slam grunted.
"What? I'm handsome! Girls are unable to withstand my beloved charm!" Duck said as he flexed. Everyone gave him a flat stare. "Okay, fine! Before the meteor hit, I was having financial problems and when I was waiter at wedding I saw all the gifts and money the bride and groom was getting and I came up with this great plan! Kala wanted more money and so she agreed. The next day we got married." Ace looked as if he had just told him that he grown three heads.
"What?"
"You got married just so could get some money?" Lexi yelled. "Duck! That is the lowest, most conniving, and dishonest thing I have ever heard!"
"I know, that's why Kala loved it! Sad thing was that we had to use most the money to bail ourselves out of jail that night." Duck sighed.
"Why?" Tech ventured to ask.
"Because all the gifts were stolen! At the time I had forgotten that all my friends were thieves. We had one hell of a honey moon though." At this Duck went into a long daze and Ace literally had to shake him out of it.
"First! You need to get some serious therapy, doc! Second! Never mind all that! Did ya get the generator?" he asked.
"Huh? Uh, no."
"Duck!"
"I can't help it! She's as stubborn as me!" Duck said. "But no worries! When I'm officially crowned king I'll just give ya the thing! For the low, low, reasonable price of 80,00000 bucks!" At this everyone glared at him. "Okay, I'll get Kala to help me, she always manages to get people to do what she wants." Ace sighed angrily as he walked away.
"Whatever!" was all he said. "Good luck with your new life!"
"Huh? Hey!" Duck quacked in front of him. "What's with you?"
"Nothing! Don't you have ta get your head measured for your new crown?" Ace huffed as he pushed him out of the way.
"Oh, I get it! You're jealous!" Duck accused.
"What?"
"You're jealous that now I'm finally higher rank than you!"
"What?"
"You're jealous that for once I'm actually better than you!"
"Careful, Duck! All that hot air is clouding your thinking!" Ace shot back.
"Oh, contraire, Ace! The fog in my mind is finally clearing!" Duck yelled. "For once, I'm not second rate and you can't handle it!"
"Okay,-you-two!" Rev said. "Let's-just-calm-down!" Nether of the two listened to him though.
"First off: What the hell are you talkin' about? And just because you get a planet doesn't mean you're better than me!" Ace yelled.
"Oh, yeah? The why don't we have friendly duel! Then we'll finally see who's better!" Duck snapped.
"Stop you two!" Lexi yelled, but once again the two didn't listen.
"You're on! Just don't start whining when I polish your throne with ya!" Ace yelled.
"So you admit that you will be polishing my throne!" Duck huffed. "See ya in a hour!" With that he quacked out of the room.
"Ace!" Lexi yelled as she grabbed his shoulder. "What are doing?"
"Deflating his big head!" Ace snapped. "Someone needs to tune down his ego!"
"He's Duck!" Tech injected. "His ego's always been big! It was take a galaxy to tune it down. What's with you? His ego never bothered you before!"
"Maybe I've just finally had it with him! You know what? Maybe it's best if he leaves the team! Then we won't have to put up with him no more!" With that he pulled away from Lexi, who stared after him with a shocked expression.
"You can't mean that..." she said.
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Kala let out a long sigh as she held a paper crown in her hand. It was shabbily made and really badly colored, but this was the only item that wasn't made out of jewels that she treasured. She stood and walked to her mirror where she stared at herself.
'Mother...'
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Kala was three years old at the time. She was holding a tiny bear in her hands.
"Mommy? Why do you always put on so much make up?" she asked her mother as she applied her third coat of lipstick.
"So I look pretty!" her mother said as she popped her lips. "You have to look pretty if you want people to love you!"
"Really?" Jem asked as she tilted her head.
"Of course! Take those princess you love to read about! What is the first thing you noticed about them?" Jem looked thoughtful.
"That... They're pretty?" she said.
"That's right! That and their rich! That's what makes everyone love them!"
"But I thought it was because they were nice." Jem's mother let out a laugh.
"Who cares about nice? That's what ugly people say, darling!" she said as she slipped on her high heels. "Tell me, do you really believe that heroes would really fight a dragon for pig? Of course not! It has to be fair maiden, or no deal! Simple as that! You see, hun, the only thing that matters is if you got the right stuff and if you can use it!" she explained as she patted her curves. Jem touch her own curves, only to find she didn't have any. She feel her bones though, for she wasn't feed that much.
"Am I... 'pretty?'" she asked.
"Hm? No. You look like a horrid skeleton. Sorry deary, no prince is ever gonna save you. Ugh! If weren't your mother, I wouldn't save you ether." her mother replied with a little laugh. Then she slipped on her tiger coat and grabbed her black purse. "Mommy's going to get some L. Be back in a couple of hours, dear!"
But she never did return.
Jem waited for days for her mother to return, but no one ever came. One day she crawled to her mother's mirror.
"Hm? No. You look like a horrid skeleton. Sorry deary, no prince is ever gonna save you. Ugh! If weren't your mother, I wouldn't save you ether."
Jem's eyes began to water as she stared at her reflection. Her mother was right! She was horrid! Was that why she left?
'If... If I was pretty, would she be here?' she wondered as she looked at her mother's make up. She grabbed it and began to dab on herself like she had seen her mother do so many times. 'If... If I was pretty... Would she come back? Will mama come home? Will... Anyone come?' Suddenly she collapsed in front of the mirror, her body exhausted from hunger. The make up was sprawled all over her face so she looked like a scary clown.
Later that day a detective broke down the door of the apartment and let out a gasp when he saw Jem.
"Hey! Call an ambulance!" he told his partner. He ran to Jem's side and lifted her as gently as he could, like handling a fragile piece of glass. Weakly, Jem looked up at him and asked,
"Am I pretty?"
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Kala's nails went into the mirror, but it did not shatter. So she dragged her nails down and it was cut into four pieces. Suddenly Duck quacked into the room.
"Can you believe that bunny?" he complained as he flopped on her bed. "I finally get a home and a family and he can't take it! You know what he is? He's a– Hey, what happened to your mirror?"
"Shotty workmanship." Kala said as she hid the paper crown behind her. "So you and lucky rabbit are having problems?"
"You could say that, what that behind your back?" Duck inquired.
"Nothing!"
"Something! Let me see!"
"No!" Duck frowned.
"Okay, fine! Be that way!" Then he quacked behind her and grabbed the paper crown.
"Hey!" Kala squawked as she tried to grab it back, but he quacked on top of a chair.
"Hey, isn't the thing I made you?" he asked as he looked it over. Kala frowned at him.
"Who else but you could make such a sucky thing?" she asked. Duck grimaced.
When they were kids Jem used to also wear a paper crown to show off her authority. One day Duck stole it and wreaked it. To avoid Jem's wrath he had made another, badly. He remember Jem laughing at the thing before finally placing it on her head with a threat that if he took this one, she'd sacrifice him at volcano.
"I can't believe you kept this!" Duck laughed.
"Me nether!" Kala huffed as she took it. "But then I can't believe a lot of things." Then Duck noticed something strange about her. She looked sad.
"H-Hey, what's up?" he asked. She looked away stubbornly.
"Nothing." she said. "You came in here because of Bunny boy?"
"Oh, yeah! Can you believe him?" Duck yelled. "I finally get everything I want he's acting like a baby!"
"It's obvious why though," Kala said as she rolled on her stomach. "Because you're prince and more powerful, he's second rate. And he can't take that."
"That what I said! I can't believe it! You know I actually thought he would be happy that after all these years I finally have a family!"
"Yes, I know Quackers." Kala cooed. "You know maybe he only liked you because he could look down on you. I know that why I did."
"Huh?" Duck blinked. Kala sighed.
"Look, I know this hard for you, but try to think!" she said. "You were an orphan with no family, your only childhood friend was a traitorous pig, and you had delusions of being great! Who wouldn't pity you? Now that you're royalty like me, what's left to pity."
"Hey... You're right!" Duck said as he leaped up. "All this time I thought he was laughing with me, but he was really laughing at me! They all were!"
"Well, that's not really their fault, Quackers. Like I said, you are a comic relief."
"Not anymore!" Duck yelled as he clenched his fist. "I'll show them! I'll show them all just how powerful I am! Starting with Ace!" He walked towards the door and Kala stared at the paper crown.
"Quackers?" she suddenly called.
"Huh?" Duck stopped.
"When you asked me to marry you... Was it really just for the money? Or something else?" she asked. Duck froze in shock.
"H-huh?"
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Ooh, wonder what Duck's gonna say? Will he and Ace really duke it out? Only one way to find out!
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