Chapter 9.

Making enemies.

'Lucy!'

Lucy groaned and turned away, hugging her pillow. 'Five more minutes, Dad.'

'You're already late for school kid.'

'I'm what?' Lucy sat up and looked around, Negaduck was holding a baseball bat and looked very much awake, that meant it was quite late in the day now.

'What time is it?'

'1 in the afternoon.'

'I fell into a coma.' Lucy said her eyes going wide. 'Well, at least I didn't wake you up again.'

'No, you didn't.' He shut the door and walked over. 'What'd you get up to yesterday that got you so exhausted?'

'I told you, weasels.'

'You don't get like this from just a fight.'

'It was a very big one.' She said simply.

'Oh really?' He didn't seem to buy it. 'So, they're on you in force, and yet you're still here.'

Lucy sighed. 'Can I wake up before you kill me, please?'

'No.' He said bluntly, grabbing her arm and dropping her to the floor, she felt her ribs aching again and winced.

She looked up at him waiting for him to do something. He jabbed her with the bat right on the place where the pain was and she clenched her beak and closed her eyes as the pain exploded again like it was brand new.

'That bad huh kid?' He said. She nodded and he knelt down next to her. 'broken or bruised?'

'Bruised.'

He looked her over. 'Anywhere else?'

'Not really.'

'There's yes or no, kid, nothing in between.'

'Well, yes I am hurt elsewhere, but no it's not as bad.'

He took her arm a bit more gently and got her to sit up straight, he carefully traced the spot and shrugged after a moment. 'Yeah, you'll be right kid.'

'Am I going to be able to enjoy that one?'

'For a few brief moments.' He said with an evil smile. Lucy nodded at that, knowing he was now happy again. 'You're getting a bit tender, kid.' He commented standing.

'Why does everyone go for that spot?' She asked him.

'Because there you're weakest.' He said looking down at her. 'Already hurt. So anyway.' He thought for a moment. 'Since you missed school.'

Lucy could feel that this was going to be bad.

'You can help your Mum in the kitchen.'

'What?'

'Yeah, kid... learn to cook.'

'B-but Dad!' Lucy stood and looked at him pleadingly.

'Oh don't look at me like that.' He rolled his eyes. 'You deserve it.' He turned on the spot and she rushed over and gave him a hug, clinging for some reprieve.

'Please Dad.' He glared down at her, his hand tightened on the baseball bat and he growled in anger. Lucy kept the hug, anything would be better than cooking. 'Please.'

He clenched his teeth and took one of her arms and pried her away, she obliged to back away.

The bat swung, she ducked it and backed away quickly.

He stood seething for a moment and rose an eyebrow. 'Nice try kid. Get going.'

Lucy frowned and trudged out of the room.


Lucy cut up the tomato and Nat left the room to get Negaduck for dinner.

'I shouldn't be in a kitchen.' Lucy muttered moodily. 'I'm a ninja now.' She threw the tomato pieces into the salad and tossed it. 'It's a waste of my time.'

Negaduck showed up and took his chair ignoring Lucy and the torture she was in. She took the bowl of salad to the table and put it down moodily.

Nat brought out the meat and put it down to, Negaduck went for the salad. 'You really need to work on your salad tossing kid.'

Lucy glared at him and snatched the tongs from him, he blinked as she filled her plate up and passed them to Nat, she grabbed a piece of meat and picked up her cutlery and the sauce, she stood and left the room.

'What's eating her?' Negaduck asked sarcastically.

Lucy switched on the TV and flicked through the channels, her day off before work hadn't gone as well as she'd have liked. She poured the sauce on her meat and put it aside putting her feet up on the coffee table she continued flicking.

The news seemed the only thing worth watching at that point.

'And Duckberg hero Gizmoduck-'

Lucy scowled and muted the TV, like she wanted to know what the bucket of bolts was up to.

Negaduck came in and snatched up the sauce, his eyes on the screen. 'Losers.' Lucy glanced to him then to the TV, the latest gang of crooks. 'Complete idiots all of them.'

She looked at him curiously. 'Know them Dad?'

'Yeah...' He glared at the screen and looked to Lucy, 'You would do a better job than that lot.'

'No wonder why Gizmoduck's on them then.' Lucy leant back on the couch.

'Why?'

'Cos their easy.'

Negaduck chuckled and ruffled her hair. 'Eat your food kid.' He left the room.

Lucy unmuted the TV and started eating.

'And meanwhile St Canard has reports of increasing criminal activity, from Negaduck's dual robbery of the National Bank, to Dr Slug's-'

Lucy snatched up the remote and turned the volume down, not soon enough, Negaduck returned quickly.

'That no good!' Negaduck snatched the remote and turned the volume up.

'… and local gangs reportedly merging.

The S.C.P.F that's St Canard Police Force have assured that their efforts to protect St Canard residence and their property has doubled to meet the demand, with extra police being deployed.

And of course, the latest opinion polls are in, with public enemy number 1 going to Pow-Chen, the man hiring local gangs... number 2 position goes to Doctor Slug and third to Negaduck.'

Lucy cowered as Negaduck seethed, absolutely furious. 'Third!' He yelled throwing the remote down onto the table. 'That does it!' He spun around. 'Nat!' Nat appeared quite wary. 'Where's my grenade launcher?'

Nat blinked slightly confused. 'Under the bed?' She offered.

'Right!' He stormed out of the room.

Lucy gulped and looked to Nat, Nat came over and sat down next to her.

Negaduck returned fuming mad with at least half of his arsenal of guns, all of which were the highly destructive ones, the load was a bit much for him to carry in one go and Lucy saw one of them slipping from his grip.

She jumped up and rushed over as it finally fell, she caught it just as it was about to hit the floor, one thing about her Dad that she had learnt a while back was that he always kept his guns loaded.

'I'm going out, Nat.'

'Really?' She said sarcastically. 'And I thought all of that was for us.'

'Well, when I get back we'll see.' He said giving her a smile.

Lucy rolled her eyes and stood holding the gun.

Nat rolled her eyes and smiled back. 'I can hardly wait.'

Lucy followed Negaduck out, still holding the gun, He stuffed the guns into the side-car and Lucy cleared her throat. He looked around.

'You dropped this one Dad.'

He took it from her and looked it over. He looked at her again and thought for a moment. 'Where's the nearest pound?'

'Er...' She thought for a moment. 'Off of Lan street?'

He thought about it too and nodded. 'Right.' He put the gun with the others and hopped onto his bike.

'Have fun Dad.'

He looked at her. 'You be good kid.'

She cocked her head. 'Only if you promise to be bad enough for the both of us.'

He smiled. 'I think I can handle that one.' He started the bike.

Lucy went into the house smiling.

Nat looked to her and shook her head. 'I heard that.'

'Huh?'

'You just promised to be good.'

'Yeah, so I did.'

'You spilt your dinner kid.'

Lucy looked at her plate that was upside down on the floor. 'Well, it could've been a whole lot worse.'

'Yeah, I know.' Nat said standing. 'How about we get a pizza instead?'

Lucy smiled. 'Keen gear!'


Negaduck stalked the streets, he was obviously being too methodical for the public. Too choosy, He smiled pulling out the grenade launcher, well tonight they'd pay for that one.

'Negaduck...'

He glanced around and fired the grenade launcher at the hotel.

The explosion caught Darkwing off guard and blasted him backwards.

'I am number one in this town. And I'm going to prove it.'


Lucy drained the can of Koo-koo cola and put it down on the table, looking back to the live report of Negaduck's rampage.

'I've never seen him this bad.' Nat admitted leaning in closer to the TV. 'He must've taken what you said to heart.'

'Nah, not Dad.' Lucy said and bite into another piece of pizza. 'He doesn't have a heart.'

'Oh you'd be surprised, after all, we're still here aren't we?'

'True.' Lucy agreed. 'Maybe a little one then.'

'Everyone's got one.' Another explosion lit up the screen.

'Some bigger than others.'

'No, all the same size, it's just your Dad has his very well hidden.' Another explosion. 'And mostly ignored.' Nat added.

'I'll buy that last one.' Lucy agreed.


The sun was rising, he was seriously out of ammunition now. No matter, he still had his two favourite party pieces.

He picked up his flame-thrower, 'Hell-o fireworks factory!'

'I am the Terror that Flaps in the night.'

Negaduck rolled his eyes as the puff of smoke appeared in the mirror. He picked up a random firework and turned around.

'I am the fuse that just doesn't light.'

Negaduck rolled his eyes again.

'I am Darkwing Duck!'

'I hope you like fireworks Dorking, cos this one's yours.' Negaduck angled the firework and lit the fuse, he ran from the building as the firework shot at Darkwing, all he could hear were explosions now, fuse after fuse lit and the fireworks shot around the building, he jumped over one that was skidding on the floor, he reached the door and looked around, the entire warehouse was lit up with firework explosions, the chance that Darkwing was still after him shot through his head and he went to his bike pulling out a bomb, 'Perfect, this ought to fix that two-bit hero.' He lit the fuse and threw it through the door into the building, he hopped onto his bike and gunned the engine.


Negaduck stepped into the lounge-room and backtracked at once, the entire room was clean. He looked around confused and walked in shutting the door behind him, he headed into the kitchen for a cup of coffee and again was stunned, the washing up was done.

'Nat!' Negaduck turned and went into the bedroom, Nat was fast asleep. 'Nat!' He looked around the room, well at least this room wasn't spotless. He went around to the side of the bed and shook her. 'Oi Nat!'

Out came her revolver and he grabbed her hand forcing the gun point away from them.

After a long moment of glaring, Nat coughed. 'You need a shower Negs.'

'Really?' He sniffed his sleeve, he smelt like gunpowder. 'Fireworks factory.' He said with a shrug.

She looked around to the clock. 'It's 6 in the morning Negs, what's the deal with waking me up?'

'Lucy up yet?' He asked.

'How should I know?' Nat asked bluntly. 'Wouldn't you have seen her if she was?'

'Did you let her clean?'

'What?' Nat didn't seem to know what he was talking about.

'Clean... The whole house is spotless.'

Nat looked around the room.

'Well obviously not in here.' He rolled his eyes, Nat in the morning was quite slow.

'She got up early then, it was a mess when I went to bed.' Nat put her revolver back under her pillow and pulled the sheets up over her.

Negaduck rolled his eyes again. 'You're useless woman.'

'That's what I keep telling you.' She said with a yawn. 'Now do you mind, normal people tend to like to sleep.'

He rolled his eyes and left the room switching the TV on as he went through the lounge room .

'Negs!' Nat yelled at him, he smiled gleefully to himself and headed down the hallway to see if Lucy was awake.

He opened the door, her room was spotless, and she wasn't anywhere to be seen.

He stepped in and looked around, the room was tidier than he had expected possible, it was way too early for her to have gone to school, or to do anything for that matter, nothing was open at this time of morning.

He shrugged and turned, he needed that coffee.


Lucy looked at the sheet on the gang. 'This is the lot that Gizmoduck's after.'

'Yeah, we're after them too.'

Lucy rose an eyebrow. 'Obviously since you just handed me today's hit list and their on it.'

'Seriously, Nega-Girl, this lot joined up with Chen.'

'Pow-Chen, the guy who stole number 1from my Dad.'

'Yeah, he's on our radar, we've got to take him out.'

'Why?'

'Because he's messing with things he shouldn't be, playing with magic and stuff.'

Lucy nodded. 'After the world?'

'You guessed it hon.'

She glared at the weasel, who coward for a moment. 'Sorry.'

'Call me that again and you will be!' She growled, she looked at the list again and folded it up, she slipped it into her pocket and looked around to Mantie.

'Your uniform's ready.' Lucy followed him across the warehouse floor and gestured to the locker room, 'Your key. It's number 57.'

Lucy walked in and looked for her locker.

She opened it and stared, pulling out her uniform. It was certainly a contrast to the ninjas black, she rose an eyebrow. 'Okay, now he's teasing me.' She said simply. She looked it over and smiled, 'I like it though.'


Yellow jacket, red shirt, yellow skirt and a black cape. Lucy was her father, she smiled putting the mask on. Thinking one word all the while: Dad.

She turned around in the mirror, the subtle changes to the clothes were perfect for her. She put the hat on and looked herself over in the mirror, who would notice the differences? She smiled. Tilting her hat forwards and she whirled around on the spot again. She felt kinda goofy playing with her reflection.

She shut her locker and stalked out of the locker room mentally preparing herself for work.


Negaduck sipped his coffee, it'd been a long night, and an even longer morning. Nat hadn't gotten up yet, he could tell that it as because he'd told her the house was clean.

He felt alienated by the clean house, though his deal with Lucy last night was clearly what had brought on the cleaning lady routine. He shrugged, maybe St Canard would hire her to clean up the mess from last night. He smiled at the memory, mentally going through the destruction he'd caused. It was a start.

Nat came out of the bedroom looked around and headed straight into the kitchen saying. 'Coffee.'

Negaduck smiled, as she flicked on the kettle.

He flicked through the channels and found the news. He put his feet up and relaxed.

Nat came in with her coffee, looking at him. 'You still haven't had that shower.' She commented with a smile.

'The place is so clean I couldn't be bothered adding to it.'

'Yeah right.' Nat said heading into the bedroom again.

He had to agree the only part of the house he was going to feel comfortable in was the bedroom, which was still a mess.


Lucy ducked the wrench the gangster was wielding and grabbed his hand, spinning around and sent him sprawling to the ground.

Her weasel companions were out cold, amateurs. She couldn't help but think to herself. She pulled out the pistol they'd given her and stuffed the silencer on it.

She ducked again and shot the gangster who had just shown up.

She rose an eyebrow and shot the other one as he ran.

She looked around, surrounded by the dead and unconscious. She rolled her eyes and whistled.

Their driver appeared and looked around, 'Nice work.'

'Yeah whatever, get these two in the truck.' She turned around and went to the unconscious gangster, he was slowly regaining consciousness and she grabbed his arm and pulled him to his feet. 'Try anything and you'll be just like your friends here.' She growled at him with a nod to the two dead gangsters. 'Understood?'

He nodded groggily and she dug the gun into his back. 'Alright then. Let's go.'


Lucy checked and rechecked her pistol as she and the gangster waited for her boss.

'You picked the wrong line of work kid. Wait till-'

She pointed the pistol at his head. 'Shut up.'

'Chen'll fix you.'

'Oh really?' She took hold of the back of the chair. 'Listen bub. No one messes with my Dad's position as public enemy number one. After I'm through with Chen, I'll be paying a visit to Ol Doctor Slug.'

'You're insane!'

'I'm Nega-Girl.'

The door opened and in walked her boss with two weasels with guns. 'Thanks Negs, I'll take it from here.' Lucy nodded and left.


Negaduck sighed and picked up the newspaper, the door opened and he looked up.

'Hi Dad. Did you have a good night?'

He shrugged and looked through the paper.

Lucy smiled and left the lounge-room going into the kitchen.

'Hey Mum.' Negaduck looked around, the kid was in a very weird mood. 'Can I help?' He stared in the direction of the kitchen for a long moment and turned back to the paper, if she wanted to be weird, then fine with him.


It'd been a good day, a very good day, her first day on the job and she'd managed to come back without a scratch, in fact she came back with a prisoner.

A very good day, she stretched out on her bed and yawned, it'd been quite easy really, maybe tomorrow would be a challenge.


Pow-Chen paced back and forth trying to believe what he'd seen, a little girl with a shotgun, dressed up like Negaduck.

The annoying thing was he couldn't see anything beyond her.

'Cheap piece of junk!' He scolded the crystal ball. 'What am I supposed to do with that?'

'Well, there's got to be some relevance.'

Pow looked to the book on the stand. 'What could that little girl possibly have to do with anything?'

'Dressed up as Negaduck was she?'

Pow scowled and turned on his heel. 'Alright, so what's Negaduck up to besides his normal destruction?' Pow leant over the crystal ball and peered in again. 'Show me Negaduck.'

The smoke in the crystal ball dispersed showing the cobra of crime filling up his bike with petrol. Pow rolled his eyes and grunted. 'Yes I am well aware that he fills up his bike with petrol, come on, show me what he's up to!'

The crystal ball showed the image of a warehouse with Negaduck and the other four fearsome at a table filling bags up with loot.

'Yeah, I know that part too!'

Negaduck put his loot into his sack and left.

'Whoa wait a second!' Pow leant in closer, 'Show me that again.'

The image rewound 'Alright pause it right there!' The image froze, Negaduck was putting a diamond into the bag. 'What's that in there?' Pow squinted. 'A necklace? What would Negaduck possibly want a necklace for?'

The image changed again this time showing Negaduck putting the bag down on the table and talking with a woman.

Pow smiled. 'Oo, busted Negaduck.' He shook his head. 'So who's she?'

The image turned red and Pow scoffed. 'Damn Negaduck! Why can't he get involved with someone from this universe! In range of my crystal! Well...' The image returned and continued to play, Negaduck gave the woman a ring, she left the room, Negaduck walked out onto a veranda.

'The kid?' Pow's eyes went wide. 'Well ain't that cute?' He leant on the table looking down watching the strange home-life of Negaduck. 'Negaduck's got himself a girlfriend and a kid.' He rolled his eyes. 'Sickening... So if this is his family from the Negaverse... what are they doing here?'

The crystal ball faded red for a long moment and showed the kid hot-wiring a car and driving it. A few moments later she was hacking into an ATM.

'Regular chip off the old block.' Pow commented, he watched her stuff it all into a bag and throw it into the car. 'That's not an explanation though. Damn! I wish these things could talk!' He said as the crystal ball faded out again.

'Well alright then, so Negaduck's kid is at some point going to hold a shotgun, what does that have to do with my taking over the world!'

The crystal ball showed an image of the girl shooting him. He scowled 'Gee thanks... why didn't you just show me that in the first place!' He started pacing again. 'Alright, so where's Negaduck hiding her?' He looked to the crystal ball. 'I have to get her before she gets me.' He thought about it and smiled. 'Or better yet, I'll have someone else do it.'


A/n: I've worked out a possible reason for this dream, I watched "My Valentine Ghoul" about fifteen times on repeat and then went to bed and dreamt this. Okay so it was a bad idea? I got Negaduck stuck in my head, still do, but I've only had one Darkwing Dream so far, and "My Valentine Ghoul" was Negaduck at his most charming/manipulative and made me see how far out of his character he himself goes when it suits him. Then again, by Nega-law he is the opposite of Darkwing. Where Darkwing joins the Friendly Four Negaduck made the Fearsome Five, where Darkwing fights crime, Negaduck commits crime, where Darkwing is a caring father and makes an effort to be a good role model... well you get the idea.