Author's note as of 4/17/17: so I'm going to keep putting chapters up like I have been where I cut the chapter off at the actual commercial break. Until someone requests otherwise, it just works for me. When summer comes and I have more time… or if I happen to find more motivation somewhere, maybe I'll try to upload them as "an episode at a time"… You know, if I find motivation now and finish this whole episode before the week is up, maybe I'll upload three new chapters on Friday… Zap Attack pt. 1, 2 and 3. We'll just have to see where I'm at at that time.
4/21/17: so I am going to keep doing it the way I'm doing it. I did get most of pt. 2 done, but until summer comes and I have much more time, I think this will have to do. So during the summer, I'll try to upload whole episodes at a time. But for now, I'll just stick with doing 1/3 of episodes. Love you all and enjoy!
The woman was rocking the baby to sleep as her young son played with a toy truck on the floor.
She looked down at the baby girl and smiled, seeing she was asleep. She stood up carefully and quietly and laid the child down in the crib.
Her son stood up, following her over. He knew to be quiet whenever his mommy was laying the baby down for bed, so he just simply stood there, watching his baby sister sleep.
"There we go." His mother said softly as the weight of the baby left her arms. She stood there, looking at the baby for a moment.
The young boy smiled up at his mother before turning back to the baby girl.
"You love your sister, don't you?" his mother said, seeing the look on his face.
"Yeah, mommy. I do." He said, nodding with a smile. He reached through the crib, taking the infant's hand gently into his.
She smiled before suddenly she heard a window break downstairs.
"Mommy? What was that?" he asked, his eyes going wide with worry.
"I don't know." She admitted, shoving him into the closet. "Stay in here, and don't make a sound. Hide underneath the clothes!" she ordered, lowering him into the pile of laundry and shutting the closet door.
He hid, looking through the cracks in the louvered door. He saw shadows approach his mother. Something happened, and he saw her fall to the floor. The shadows began throwing objects around and suddenly, he heard his baby sister start crying once her crib got knocked over. He wanted to run out but remembered what his mother had told him. Stay in here, and don't make a sound.
He waited for the evil people to leave, but once they were gone and he thought it might be safe, he heard the hallway floor creaking. He scooted back under the pile of clothes and waited. He saw a… no way… a duck walk into the room. She had blond hair and tan feathers. She walked over to his mother who was laying on the floor. Words were exchanged, but he couldn't hear what was being said. Afterwards, the duck made her way over to the crib.
The duck bent down and when she stood back up, he saw she was holding his baby sister. She looked around, as if she was confused before she walked back out of the nursery.
The little boy felt new bravery as he felt compelled to chase after the duck and get his baby sister back, but when he exited the nursery, the duck had vanished without a trace….
The twenty-year-old shot awake, sitting straight up in bed. He rubbed his head, glancing over at the screen that he had apparently accidentally left on all night. The screen was flashing different camera views of "The Pond", the hockey stadium in the town he lived in; the town he had always lived in. "This Tuesday Night, come on down and support your Mighty Ducks!" some off-screen announcer said as the team flashed across the screen. His eyes narrowed on one of the ducks. He had blond hair and tan feathers and no doubt looked like the duck that had taken his sister many years ago. "I'll find out what happened to ya, sis. If it's the last thing I do." He promised to nobody, his glare getting darker as he stared at the TV screen.
The day was sunny out, but found one duck plopping in front of the TV, flipping it on.
"Ah, alright. Nothing like the tube to massage this duck's overworked brain."
"You mean your brain actually works?" Tanya sassed, walking up behind him.
An announcer suddenly was heard through the TV, mentioning something about a Dr. Huggerman going into hiding.
Nosedive muttered something about the show sounding boring, and he went to change the channel, but Tanya stopped him.
"Hold it! That's a friend of mine!"
"Authorities say they'll search for Huggerman quote: when we get around to it."
Tanya's face fell at this information before she turned to walk away.
"Yo, wait up!" Dive called, following after her.
Duke and Anna were both panting as they walked down the hill back towards the pond. Anna was wearing a blue tank top and short shorts while Duke was wearing a pair of jeans, which was a big mistake. He had pulled his t-shirt off about halfway up the mountain, and had tucked it in the back of his jeans.
"I gotta hand it to ya, Anna. You were right. It was worth it." Duke said between breaths.
"I told ya! Though I bet it's even more beautiful at night." She tried as she tapped in the code to unlock the pond doors. Duke smiled. He knew she was right. Especially if there was a clear night, it'd be gorgeous. The hill was located nearly right behind the Pond, but it was tall enough that it overlooked the pond and the rest of the city. Hell, it was a tall enough hill to get Duke winded. Duke knew he wanted to climb back up at night, or at least around dusk, and by her tone it sounded like Anna wanted to also. They rounded the ice rink and headed towards the elevator.
Once down in the lower levels of the pond, they walked to the galley. Duke sat down at the table, obviously winded, while Anna dug around in the fridge.
"Strawberry?" she asked, holding up the bowl of fresh strawberries.
"I thought you'd never ask, sweetheart." Duke said, smiling as she joined him at the table.
"You really know that guy, Tanya?" Nosedive asked as they walked up to Drake 1's panel where they had a phone. Tanya smiled as she picked up the phone.
"Oh sure, I met him at 'Lectric Land. We talk about science, exchange data and, well, actually we play a lot of cards." She admitted, dialing and holding the phone up to her ear.
The phone rang and came up with a prerecorded message, "hello, you have reached the 'where's Dr. Huggerman hotline', today's answer is: None of your business! I've gone from society!"
Tanya pulled the phone away from her ear, looking back at Nosedive.
"But I don't understand it…" she trailed off, "maybe he went to his island!" she said, snapping her fingers.
"whoa, the guy has an island?" Nosedive asked.
"Oh sure, just a little one off the coast." She muttered, "but it doesn't have a phone." She hung the phone up in defeat. At about that moment, the alarm started going off on Drake 1.
"Seriously?" Anna said, dropping the strawberry she was about to take a bite of. She and Duke did a quick change into their battle gear. Anna threw the bowl into the fridge and then turned to follow Duke down the hallway.
The other ducks had already gathered.
"There's a break-in at orbital industries!" Mallory announced.
"Let's rock, ducks!" Wildwing ordered and the team took off towards the aerowing
The twenty-year-old shoved his hands into his jean pockets, walking down the street. He stopped once he reached the big building that stood on his left. He walked up, curiously trying the door. The door stuck in place and he sighed out. Why did he think it would be unlocked? He'd have to wait for a game before he'd be able to get close. He shook his head, walking on past before anyone could see him and question what he was doing.
The aerowing landed and the ducks ran out, seeing Siege and Wraith firing upon the humans. "We've gotta get them away from that rocket!" Wildwing ordered. The chameleon was talking into his communicator. By the sounds of it, he was updating Dragaunus on what was going on in their latest mission. "Roger. We'll orbit their tailfeathers." Came Chameleon's reply to whatever Dragaunus had said. "Orbit this!" Nosedive came barreling into Chameleon's side. Chameleon fell back, and his communicator went flying off. Wildwing ran up on Siege, but Siege was quick, swinging his tail around, knocking Wildwing back. Tanya, Mallory and Duke barreled into Siege, knocking him back. "Wildwing, you alright?" Anna called as she ran over to him. She held out her hand, helping him up. "Never better." He muttered, standing up. Nosedive, in the meantime had thrown the Chameleon back. At the same time, Grin picked up one of the cargo-containers, tossing it at Siege. Siege had to run to get out of the way. "Let 'em have it!" Wildwing ordered, and soon the ducks were firing upon the saurians. It wasn't long until Siege and Chameleon gave up, teleporting away. "They must have been trying to sabotage this rocket." Wildwing guessed, glancing up. Duke walked over by one of the containers. "Oh, looks like they left a communicator behind." He mused, picking up the object he'd been inspecting. "That could be useful." Wildwing informed, "Come on. We got a game." He added, ushering the team back to the aerowing.
Once they returned to the pond, Anna found herself standing in front of the mirror, putting her mane into a braid. She had changed out of her shorts and settled for jeans and a pair of sneakers. She wore just a plain t-shirt. A few days ago, her and Wildwing had had a talk and although she still practiced with the team, she settled for the "coaching" position while the rest of the ducks played. She didn't dress out for games, but she was also on the roster as a sub just in case something happened, though no number was next to her name. She had actually had a jersey recently made, much to Phil's dismay, and she was excited to wear it for tonight's game.
Anna walked into the locker room as the team dressed out for the game. Wildwing caught her eye as he laced up his skates and she smiled at him as she walked over to her locker. There was no reason to be shy in the locker room, as everyone else was getting dressed, so she pulled off her t-shirt and shoved it in the locker before pulling out a jersey. She wasn't playing in the game, she was the coach, so for her to be putting on a jersey herself was odd. All the ducks in the locker room perked up as she pulled the jersey off the hangar and slid it on. Since her back was turned, all the ducks saw the number 12 on the back right beneath the name Thunderbeak. Wildwing smiled genuinely at this, looking back down to finish tying his other skate.
"Yo, Annie. Where'd you get the new jersey?" Nosedive asked, finishing tying up his skate and walking over to stand next to her.
"I went ahead and had it made. I wanted something so I could support my team." She said simply.
"It's a little small, ain't it?" Duke asked, walking over as well. It fit her nicely, hugging her curves.
"um, no?" she said, glancing up at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, how in the world do you expect to fit pads underneath that jersey if you ever have to play for one of us?" he asked.
"Well, hopefully that will never happen…" she said, trailing off, "but, if it will help you sleep at night…" she reached into the locker, pulling out a bigger replica of what she was already wearing, except the number was different.
"Um, Anna? The number's wrong." Duke said, pointing at the 7 that rested underneath Thunderbeak.
"No… it's not." Wildwing spoke up for her and she smiled at him. "Now come on." He said, moving towards the entrance to the rink.
With that, the conversation was over as Nosedive and Duke followed the rest of the ducks obediently out onto the ice.
The game went on until the ducks were tied with the opposing team, 3 to 3, in the third period. Nosedive had the puck and shot at the goalie but unfortunately, his shot was blocked.
"Man, we can't catch a break tonight." He muttered, skating back to get into position. Anna tapped her marker on the board before drawing out a play they'd gone over in practice once before. She scratched her head before nodding, looking back up to the game. She'd give the ducks the rundown of the play during the next timeout.
It took a while, but finally the announcer called a commercial break meaning they could meet at the bench and talk for 2 minutes or so.
"Alright, guys." Anna started, passing everyone their water bottle.
"We're getting our tail feathers kicked." Nosedive muttered.
"No, not kicked…" Anna trailed off, pointing up at the scoreboard. "3 to 3, Dive. If y'all were getting your tailfeathers kicked, it would be 0 to 3." She dragged her point across.
"Yeah, okay." Dive muttered, crossing his arms, "but still. How are we supposed to pull out of this?" he asked.
"You guys remember going over that new play? The fierce grinner?" she asked. Everyone nodded slowly. Tanya raised her hand for a second.
"Um, Anna. We've only gone over that once. Hell, we just barely put it together." She muttered from her spot.
"I know, Tanya. But it's a risk we're going to have to try to take. Unless you want to go into overtime." She shot the blond a look. Tanya sighed out before nodding.
"Alright, let's do it." She said.
"I drew it up, you know, in case you need to see it again." She held out her clipboard as everyone huddled around her.
"So Duke goes over here…" she drew a line with her marker. "In the meantime, Dive heads this way. And that's where Grin comes in…" she trailed off, glancing up at the bigger duck. She explained the rest of the play and glanced around at the ducks.
"You guys think you got it?" she asked. Tanya glanced back up at the clock. They had 39 seconds to make this happen or else they were going into overtime.
"Hey, Tanya. Don't look at the clock." Anna ordered, "the time doesn't matter, Tanya. It's what you do with it. You've got this." Anna promised the blond. Tanya just nodded, taking a deep breath.
"Alright, let's run this play." She said. The buzzer sounded, signaling the end of the timeout.
"Go get em guys!" Anna shouted as her team took their positions back on the ice.
38…37…36 Nosedive steals the puck from the other team. 35…34…33… Clean pass to Mallory. She looks nervous for a second before doubling back, surprising the defense that's following her. 32…31…30…29… The defense turns back, but way too slow. 28…27…26...Clean pass to Tanya, surprising the other team. Why would they pass to a defenseman? Wouldn't they want their forwards to have the puck? Not much time left on the clock… 25…24…23...22… Mallory circles around her own net, meeting Wildwing's worried gaze for a brief second. 21… 20… 19… Tanya fakes a pass back to Mallory… 18…17…16…Nosedive flies in front of Mallory and she fakes a hand off. 15…14…13… Tanya's eyes dart around her, looking for the resident former jewel thief. The defense is closing in on her, having figured out their trick. 12…11…10… Duke darts in front of her and she hands it off as the defense comes to a skidding halt in front of her. 9…8…7… Clean pass to Grin before the defense even realizes what's happening. Grin is completely in the open. 6…
"Five seconds to go! Grin with the puck…" the announcer yells over the speakers. Anna's eyes are glued to Grin. She's gripping onto the clipboard harder than she realizes. Grin shoots, and the puck hits the other team's goalie square in the chest, knocking him, along with the puck, back into the net. The buzzer sounds as a 4 shows up next to the Mighty Ducks on the scoreboard.
Anna leaped into the air, throwing the clipboard up in her excitement and letting it clatter to the floor.
Her team gathered in the circle as they always did after a game.
A twenty-year-old sat amongst the crowd. He looked out of place. Most of the people here were wearing Mighty Ducks jerseys. Some were wearing the opposing team's colors, but most were wearing the teal and purple that supported the team of Anaheim. He, on the other hand, wore a long black trench coat with black combat boots. His long brown hair was pulled back into a pony tail, his usual style lately. His sapphire blue eyes trailed down to the box where a duck stood, cheering for the team's win only seconds ago. She wasn't the one he wanted to question, but she would do. He stood up, moving towards the box.
Before he could get more than two steps towards her, the jumbotron above the ice exploded, and some electric energy creature popped out, shooting around the ice and knocking the ducks about. He watched as the coach jumped from the bench, over the wall and onto the ice, joining her team.
"It's time for a quick change!" Wildwing ordered as Anna joined them on the ice. In a blur of yellow light, they all switched from team gear to battle gear.
The creature went sprinting away towards the underground.
"Let's move!" Anna ordered, seeming to forget for a moment Wildwing was the one in charge. He didn't seem to mind as they all ran off towards the rec room.
"Alright, where'd he go?" Mallory asked as they exited the elevator.
"He could be anywhere in this place." Wildwing responded as they all separated, looking around for the little yellow blur of electricity.
Suddenly, the creature's face appeared on the screen of Drake 1. He popped out of the screen, busting it as he jumped into the console. He jumped in and out of the console like a dolphin in the ocean. Nosedive and Mallory fired a couple of pucks in its direction. The pucks missed, smacking against the console.
"Hold it!" Wildwing shouted, running over and lowering Mallory's launcher, "you're blasting our gear!"
The creature went hopping towards where Tanya, Duke, Grin and Anna stood.
"It's heading this way!" Tanya exclaimed. The creature jumped out of the console onto the floor. Tanya saw her chance and took a shot. The puck lined up nicely with the creature… and split it right in half, turning it into two energy creatures.
"Uh oh…" Tanya muttered as the two creatures separated and went different ways.
"I got it!" Mallory announced, hitting one of the creature's square on, splitting it into two.
"No, I got it." Nosedive announced, firing at the other creature and splitting it into two.
One of the creatures took off in Duke's direction and he sliced it into two.
"Stop!" Wildwing ordered, "every time we hit that thing, it splits into two!"
"They're heading for the hangar!" Mallory exclaimed as all six creatures took off into the outside.
The ducks quickly ran for the migrator and were soon on the road, tracking the energy creatures.
"Tanya, get a fix on them…" Wildwing ordered.
"I'm trying, I'm trying." She rushed, tapping furiously at the computer she was sitting at.
"What's the matter with this thing, I can't find them!" she was flustered. The screen in front of her suddenly broke as one appeared, his arms crossed as he snickered at her.
"oh, I found one." She muttered. The creature jumped across her towards Wildwing, landing in the steering wheel.
"It's got the wheel!" Wildwing exclaimed as they took a hard left, going up on the three wheels on the right. The migrator couldn't handle the velocity and rolled, landing on its side.
Everyone piled out, rubbing different parts of their bodies that had gotten hit in the roll over.
"Now that's power steering." Grin muttered.
The creatures took to the streets. The ducks watched helplessly as different citizens started attacking the creatures. One with a baseball bat, the other with her purse. Every time the creature got hit, it would multiply.
"They just keep multiplying." Wildwing muttered.
The energy creatures took off, heading all over town.
"The whole town's going to be in a state of… shock!" Nosedive exclaimed helplessly.
