Episode 9: Thunder Ducks

Anaheim woke up to see that a storm had rolled in overnight.

Dark clouds rumbled with thunder and lightning flashed everywhere from the city to the countryside.

At the 'Raptor's' hiding spot, Dragaunus was arguing with Louran for his failure in capturing any more spells.

"The Ducks are too smart for me, it would've been better if Siege were still alive," Louran informed.

"I don't want excuses; I want you to capture more spells so that we could use to destroy those pesky Ducks!" Dragaunus shouted, but Louran didn't flinch.

"You don't trust me," the dark wizard replied and the dragon looked at him.

"There are some spells that are strong, but the others are worthless, therefore I will not capture those," Louran informed and Dragaunus listened, "However, I do sense a spell page in the air."

"A strong one I hope," the dragon said.

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In the downtown area, a power line began to flicker and then the source of light zapped out to the next power pole and the next.

During the process, the electricity was drained from the buildings that the power lines fed to.

The Pond was also struck with a blackout, "Hey, what gives?!" Nosedive complained.

The Ducks were in the middle of practice when the lights went out.

"All the places are without power, it's a blackout," Phil said after returning from outside.

Pearl, however, gave a shiver, "I sense a spell page, a big one," she replied.

"I suspect it's one that has an obsession with electricity," Wildwing informed and Pearl nodded.

Grin, in his Zen pose, comments, "The spell is all around us, we must be one with it."

"He's right, but how can we capture it? Electricity runs everywhere and we don't have any idea where this spell page could be," Mallory replied.

"Actually, I have an idea where it could be," Tanya said and explains, "If we can find the high levels of electricity somewhere in the city that could be where the spell is."

"That sounds pretty accurate, but how can we detect high levels of electric power? There is no power here," Pearl had asked.

"Leave it to my Omi-Tool," Tanya said, again and she turned it on.

The super computer began to scan the city of Anaheim and it found the location, "Well, that's no surprise, there are high levels at the generating station, but that can't be it."

"It might be, we have to start somewhere," Pearl replied and everyone nodded.

"Okay team, let's move out," Wildwing informed, but Tanya held up a hand.

"Before I forget, take these," she said and featured some blue-colored suits.

"Rubber suits?" Nosedive asked, taking one.

"Yup, I knew we would need to use them some day," Tanya replied and everyone took a suit.

The Ducks and the two princesses zipped themselves into the rubber suits and boarded onto the Migrator and it rushed out into the storm.

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In the 'Raptor', Louran sensed the new spell page and informs his master, "Dragaunus, there is a new spell page, and I suggest we follow the Ducks to its location."

"All right, let's keep a distance from them, that'll prevent them from noticing us," Dragaunus said and placed in the coordinates for the Ducks.

The 'Raptor' came to life, lifting up into the air and it flew away in the sky.

It found and followed the Migrator towards the generating station that was a bit further away from the high school.

When it arrived, the Ducks saw a bright blue light standing beside one of the fuse-boxes.

"What is that?!" Duke asked in a horrified tone.

Pearl and Subria took a few steps outside, the hairs on their bodies stood up and Pearl gives an answer, "The 'Thunder'."

Then, the ball of electricity formed into a body; it had the features of a wolf with crackling energy at the ends of its fur and it gave a mighty roar.

Suddenly, the wind picked up and then, the Ducks noticed the 'Raptor' landed a few yards away.

"Ah man! Not now!" Nosedive said, angrily.

"Well now, if it isn't the nuisance, here to stop me from capturing another spell," Louran replied, when he teleported in front of them with Dragaunus, Chameleon, and Wraith.

"What ridiculous outfits they have on!" Chameleon chuckled as he saw them.

"They're rubber suits! One shot from that spell will kill you!" Pearl warned, but they seemed to not listen.

The 'Thunder' gave another roar and then, it charged at the Ducks and the two princesses.

Pearl immediately opened the spell book and summoned the 'Shadow' page, "'Shadow', help us with the 'Thunder'!"

The 'Shadow' spread its form and the 'Thunder' vanished into the black nothingness.

Then, the 'Thunder' merged out from the 'Shadow's' form and looked at the spell captors.

"C'mon, let's play!" Chameleon shouted, blasting his gun at the spell.

The shots agitated the 'Thunder' and its ends began to crackle with electricity.

"Stop it! You're making it angry!" Pearl called out, but it was too late.

The 'Thunder' changed its form in a bolt of lightning and it charged at Chameleon.

Chameleon was hit hard; he cried in agony and his body became charred black, then his body twitched and he laid still.

"You fool!" Wraith shouted, but Chameleon was already dead.

"Pearl, now's the chance!" Wildwing informed the princess.

Pearl summoned the 'Shadow' page, again, and says, "'Shadow', bind the 'Thunder'!"

The 'Shadow' obeyed and it became a black blob and it took the 'Thunder' as its prisoner.

"'Thunder', I command you to return to the spell book from where you came!" Pearl shouted and the spell vanished and appeared in an empty page.

Louran stared at the princess, he levitated over her, and a dark ball of energy formed in his hand, "I have had it! Time for you to die!" he shouted.

Just as Louran hurled the spell at Pearl, Wildwing scooped the princess into his arms and ran away in time.

The other Ducks shot their blasters at the dark wizard and his comrades, but Louran summoned the 'Fire' to burn the puck shots.

"We have no time for this, retreat Louran! Do as I say!" Dragaunus hissed and he teleported back to the 'Raptor'.

Louran looked at the spell captors with cold, dark eyes, "I am warning you, one day I will have that spell book and I'll destroy all of you!" he said, angrily and he vanished and the 'Raptor' flew away.

"Oh yeah, I'm not afraid of you!" Nosedive shouted, "C'mon, show me what you got!"

"Cool it down little bro, besides Pearl caught a very powerful spell," Wildwing informed.

"With that in mind, the electricity should be back to normal," the princess replied, closing the spell book.

"Can we shed these suits? It's starting to stick to my feathers," Mallory complained and as they did, the feathers on their bodies and the hairs on the two princesses stood up.

"Talk about bad hair day," Subria said, pressing down on her electrified hair.

"Hey look," Tanya replied, pointing to the beautiful landscape of Anaheim at night.

Different colored lights shined up the blackness of the storm.

The group took the time to admire the lookout and watched the lightning in the distance.

Then, Pearl turned to see Wildwing standing beside her, which made her jump, "Oh, I never noticed you there."

"Sorry; does Avalon have nights like this?" he asked, but the princess shook her head.

"All we had to admire was the stars, but I have never seen anything like this," she answered and the group decided to head on back to the stadium.