Chapter 9: Unmasked
A sand storm started to blow down in old St. Canard as a S.H.U.S.H helicopter tries to stay steady in the air. "The distress signal was located down on the old bridge. Where your old hideout was," Hooter said as he looked at Drake. Drake nodded in response as he looked out the window and looked down at the old city. "Are you going to be okay?" Hooter asked. Drake then looked at Hooter before putting on his mask. "Yeah I'm okay," Drake said with a nod. Hooter nodded in response. The helicopter then hovered over the old bridge. Drake then opened the door of the helicopter and looked down almost ready to jump. "Remember bring him in. but if you have too. You know what to do," Hooter said with a nod. Drake looked at Hooter and nodded. "Good luck DarkWing Duck," Hooter said with a smile.
Drake smiled at that. He missed being call by his hero name. Drake then looked down at bridge. Drake took a deep breath as jump forward. He took a nosedive towards the tower but slowed himself down with cape. Hooter then closed the doors of the helicopter and sat back in his seat with his wheelchair. The helicopter then flew away as lightning started striking down on the war zone of the city. DarkWing then crashed down into the town through the ceiling window. The tower was dark so DarkWing couldn't see anything. As the lightning and thunder roared outside DarkWing could only see a little bit with the lightning. DarkWing turned on his night vision from his mask as he looked around some more.
"Oh my," DarkWing said to himself as he came across Negaduck's dead body laying on the floor. Suddenly all the lights came on and DarkWing was blinded with his night vision still on. DarkWing quickly turned off his night vision off. "Boo!" RedWing said holding a bat. Before DarkWing could react to this situation, RedWing swung the bat into DarkWing's face causing DarkWing fall on his back and now into a daze. DarkWing tried to keep his focus onto RedWing but couldn't since he was still in a daze. "Say Goodnight!" RedWing shouted as he grabbed DarkWing head and slammed his head on the ground. DarkWing was now out cold.
(Two Hours Later..)
DarkWing started to wake up as he heard someone screaming in the room he was in. "Let him go! Please just let him go!" a girl cried out. DarkWing recognized the girl's voice. "Gosalyn?" DarkWing thought to himself. "Wake up!" RedWing shouted as he grabbed DarkWing by his neck. DarkWing was now fully awake as he stared at the red mask of RedWing. "Let the girl go!" DarkWing spat onto RedWing's mask. RedWing then chuckled as he throw DarkWing down in a chair. RedWing then walked over to Gosalyn and grabbed her by her neck and held a gun to her head as he turned and looked at DarkWing "Sure I'll let her go," RedWing said with chuckled as he held the gun close to Gosalyn's head. "No! Please! Not like that!" DarkWing cried out. RedWing chuckled as he opened a cage behind him and threw Gosalyn inside the cage.
DarkWing let out a breath in relief as he saw his daughter go inside the cage. RedWing then looked back at DarkWing. "Now it's just me and you," RedWing said as he walked over to DarkWing and grabbed him by the neck and started choking him. "Time to see who you really are!" RedWing shouted as he took off DarkWings mask. RedWing tightened his grip as he held Drake Mallard in his hands. RedWing started laughing as Drake started to change color. RedWing then threw Drake down back in the chair. Drake then started to catch his breath back as RedWing was laughing while leaning against the wall.
"What's so funny? You got what you wanted and now you know who I am. Now let my daughter go!" Drake said with a crack of his voice. RedWing stopped laughing and looked at Drake. "I should have known it was you. Ever since we were kids you always wanted this as your lifestyle," RedWing said as he sat down against the wall. Drake was a little confused by this. "Ever since we were kids? But that would mean…. No That's impossible," Drake said as he started to sweat. RedWing started to laugh again. "Nope! I'm afraid it's not impossible Drake," RedWing said as he started to take off his mask. "No!" Drake shouted as the mask was taken off. "Yep! It's me big brother. Thomas Mallard," Thomas said with a dark smile as his large scar a crossed his right eye was almost the main focus. Thomas was Drake's little brother. Thomas looked a lot like his older brother but Thomas had green eyes.
"My own uncle wanted to kill me?" Gosalyn spoke up. "Shut up! I'm not your uncle!" Thomas shouted as he slapped the cage with his hand. "But how? I thought you were dead?" Drake said with tears coming down from his face. "I wasn't dead Drake! I was in a coma!" Thomas shouted in anger. "And you left me to die!" Thomas shouted as he started to have tears himself. "You and DarkWing Duck," Thomas said as he held out his army knife at Drake. "What does DarkWing Duck have to do with this?" Gosalyn asked. "I said shut up!" Thomas shouted as he slapped the cage again. Thomas then turned and looked at his brother and pointed the knife at him again. "He knows why!" Thomas shouted. Drake wanted to break down for his brother as he answered.
" The Quackwerks explosion," Drake choked out. "Bingo! When we worked there together we had to leave because it was dangerous. But you had to act like the hero and go inside and save everyone. And when I went in after you to keep you from killing yourself. The impacted blew half of my face off and there i was! In a coma for eight years!" Thomas shouted as tears rushed down his face. Drake couldn't hold himself together. "Tom I'm so sorry," Drake said as he swallowed hard. "DON'T CALL ME TOM! THAT'S NOT WHO I AM ANYMORE!" Thomas shouted as he covered his ears. "The doctors told me wouldn't make it," Drake said still trying to keep himself together. "And after that first year you left me and never came back. After all those years of trying to remember everything. It came to me. And I looked up that night that it happened. And the article said that we were both dead and DarkWing saves the day," Thomas explains as looked at his brother with his red green eyes.
"And ever since then I wanted to kill DarkWing for not saving us. But look what happened! You turned out to be the one that I wanted to kill for so long. And now I can't believe you never told me you were DarkWing Duck for all the years of being your brother," Thomas said with a dark smile. "Thomas Please I can help you," Drake said as he stood up from the chair and walked over to his little brother, "No I don't think you can…. BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T CHANGE THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT WHAT YOU DID!" Thomas shouted as he jumped up and stabbed Drake in his left shoulder. "Ahh!" Drake shouted in pain as Thomas then pushed Drake down a small staircase. "Dad!" Gosalyn shouted in fear. Drake pulled out the Knife from his shoulder and puts pressure on his stab wound. "I can't believe I wasted seven years of my life studying you!" Thomas shouted as he walked slowly towards Drake. Drake started to breathe heavily as he tried to scoot away from his brother.
"Thomas Please!" Drake cried out. Thomas then got on top of his brother and took out his handgun and placed it on his head. "Thomas is dead! This is RedWing your talking too!" Thomas shouted just about to press the trigger. A shot was fired from a far knocking the gun out Thomas's hand. "What?" Thomas said looking to his left. Agent Gryzlikoff fired the shot with a strike team holding their fire on Thomas. While Thomas was distracted, Drake Grabbed a metal bar that was next to him and swung it crossed Thomas's face. Thomas then fell off of Drake and fell on his side while holding his face. Thomas's face was now covered in blood as Drake tried to stand. "No!" Thomas shouted as he tried to get his brother down on the ground. "Get off of me!" Drake said as he kicked Thomas in face.
Thomas then fell back down on the ground as Drake was holding his shoulder trying to get away. Thomas then noticed tons of red lasers pointing at him. Thomas then looked up at the strike team and Gryzlikoff. Thomas smiled as he puts up his left and waves his right index finger. Thomas then pressed a button on his glove and used his mind to force away the strikes teams guns and Gryzlikoff's hand gun. Thomas then placed Gryzlikoff's gun in his hand. "Thank you Negaduck," Thomas said as he started to shoot. "Get down!" Gryzlikoff ordered. The strike team did as they were told as Thomas continued to have open fire. Thomas looked to his right and noticed Drake was heading up the stairs to get to Gosalyn. "Alright Drake lets have a repeat in history!" Thomas shouted as he pressed another button on his glove.
Explosions blew in the room causing a fire. Smoke filled the room quickly as Drake made it up the stairs and got down to Gosalyn's cage. "Dad I'm scared," Gosalyn said with a cough. Drake placed his hand on the cage. "I know sweetie But I need you to be strong for me," Drake said as he looked around for something to break the cage lock. Drake then noticed Thomas's RedWing mask was on the ground. Drake then grabbed the Mask and started to hit the lock with it. Finally after some work into hitting the lock. The lock came undone. Drake then grabbed Gosalyn and made their way out of the building. Gryzlikoff and the strike team helped Drake carry Gosalyn out of the burning tower. Everyone left in the helicopter as the tower fell down in flames. "Any sign of RedWing?" Gryzlikoff asked the pilot.
"No sir. He got away from us," The pilot said as they flew away from Old St. Canard. "Damn it!" Gryzlikeoff shouted in anger. Gosalyn laid next to her father as the helicopter flew away. Drake brushed Gosalyn's hair with his hand as she started to fall asleep. Drake then looked out the window and watched his old tower burn down. Drake then sighed as he sat back in his seat and started to fall asleep himself. As the tower burned down and the flames still burning with black smoke filling up the air. Thomas looked up to the sky and watched the helicopter leave heading back for New St. Canard.
"You won't get away from me. We will meet again and I will finish what I started," Thomas said as he made a fist with his right hand.
Kodiwolf321 A/N: Alright you guys there you have it! The identity of RedWing has been revealed! And so i want to know what you're guy's guesses were on RedWing or were you guys right on the hot spot of knowing who it was. Let me know in the review on what you guys thought and well guys until next time! And we have one more chapter left and RedWing is finished. Alright guys see you next time.
