A/N- Thanks for all those great reviews! Like I stated one of my end notes, it's going to get worse before it gets better. On to the next chapter!

Chapter 10- Escape

A clap of thunder woke Gosalyn from her enforced nap with a start. Bolting into a sitting position, she immediately realized that she was not in the greenhouse any more. The bedroom she was in was infinitely better furnished, done all in reds with gold "Ms" everywhere. She had been here once before. This was McDuck Manor.

"What happened?" she muttered to herself, pulling her legs around so that they dangled off the bed.

She put her head in her hands and rubbed furiously at her forehead, beckoning for her foggy memories to clear. It was only when she suddenly tasted a strange metallic flavor in her beak that it all came screaming back into focus.

"Dad!" she said, a bit louder than she had intended.

Seconds after the outraged cry had escaped her, the door to her room opened and in rushed Morgana and Gizmoduck. Both looked a little worried as they stared at her, but they both managed smiles nonetheless.

"You okay, Gizmo-buddy?" Gizmoduck asked, wheeling a bit closer to the red-haired duck.

Gosalyn slowly got to her feet, testing her balance a bit. Then, turning quickly, it was her first thoughts that erupted from her.

"Where's Negaduck? Where's Dad? How did I get here? Did Dad knock me out?" she said, realizing that she was speaking very loudly and very quickly. She didn't care. These questions were important.

The witch and the roboduck exchanged anxious glances. The look in their eye alone made Gosalyn's stomach quiver with a sick feeling. She stared deeply into both of their eyes, searching for the answers she knew that they weren't going to give willingly.

"He did. Dad knocked me out…" Gosalyn said in wonderment.

"Knocked out is such a strong term," Gizmoduck chuckled nervously. "He more of…ah…"

"Chloroformed me?" Gosalyn completed.

Gizmoduck shrugged and eventually nodded. Morgana now took an uneasy step towards Gosalyn. It was as if she was a time bomb waiting to blow. The way she was feeling, though, this description was pretty close to acturate. Feeling the wooziness of having woken up from a chemically induced lift off, Gosalyn crossed her arms in front of her.

"Where is Dad and Negaduck?" she demanded, tapping her foot.

"We…we don't know…" Morgana mumbled.

Gosalyn stared at her. Never in all the time she had ever known the witch had she heard her sound so…weak. Morgana's voice was usually one of confidence and commanding, but now it held a tone of fear and confusion. It was a change that did nothing to lighten Gosalyn's mood or fears.

"What's going on? What do you mean that you don't know?" she asked.

"Wingie left in a hurry," Gizmoduck said.

"To where?"

"He…uh…didn't say."

Gosalyn closed her eyes, pushing all her more upsetting emotions to the back of her mind. She needed to keep them under control if she was going to avoid the unpleasantness that she felt was coming. She now moved closer to her step-mother and old family friend. If the situation were not as dire as it was, it would've been amusing to watch them almost physically struggle not to step back from her.

"What happened while I was out?" she asked.

Both pairs of eyes before her closed. This had been the question that they had hoped she wouldn't ask. Obviously, it was the root of the immediate problem.

"What…happened?" she pressed again.

"I…told Dark about how I found you…" Morgana said, beating around the bush.

"And how, pray tell, did you do so?"

"From a magical signature…that you and Negaduck created."

Gosalyn understood the true meaning of this simple sentence immediately. She also immediately understood the magnitude it must've had on her father. So, when he had "left," that could only mean that he had gone gunning for Negaduck.

"No…" Gosalyn gasped.

Her eyes widened with the shock of this. She fell back onto the bed. Morgana rushed over to her.

"Oh, Gosalyn…I'm sorry…I'm sure that your father--"

But Gosalyn cut her off there.

"You're sure of what? That my father will kill him? What were you thinking? How could you have told him that? You must've known how he would've reacted!" she said, jumping up and now positively yelling.

"Now, Gosalyn…remember that old saying…the pot calling the kettle black?" Gizmoduck said, trying in vain to scale down the anger in the room.

"What? Are you saying that I shouldn't call on Morgana's mistakes because of my own? Yeah, sure, I ran away. But I ran because of their mistake, not mine! They've had the proverbial kettle on the phone from the get go on this! We've all wronged, where we should've just tried to talk this out!" Gosalyn yelled.

She stopped suddenly, as if she had finally heard herself. Looking up with a look of enlightenment upon her face, she said, "I've got to fix this!"

A couple of quick dodges later, Gosalyn was out of the room and running down the manor staircase, yelling that she knew where Darkwing had gone. Morgana and Gizmoduck did not even spare a glance at one another as they followed after as best they could.

End Notes: Okay, so I was going to combine this chapter and the next, and then I thought, "Nah." Then, I ended up switching the order in which they appeared. Originally, this was supposed to be chapter 11. I think it fits better here. So, what will happen between Dark and Negs? Will Gos get there in time? Please review!