Episode 10: A NegaDuck Christmas Carol
Nighttime had fallen on the streets of St. Canard, and yet everywhere you could see the splendor of Christmas Eve. Colorful lights decorated all the buildings, a gaint christmas tree stood in the center of town square, and everyone was in a cheerful mood. Well, everyone except Negaduck of course. The mallard hated the Christmas season!
As he stomped angrily through the streets, Negaduck ruined anything in his way that advertised how good Christmas was; plastic Santas, carolers, and even some people who had just gotten done Christmas shopping.
"Ugh!" growled Negaduck " I can't see the reason people say this day is wonderful,"
"Excuse me Sir" said a young girl cat, stopping Negaduck in his tracks. The girl held a present in her hands. " you seem upset. How about a Christmas present to cheer you up,"
"How 'bout you get lost so I can get on my way!" yelled Negaduck, throwing the girl aside " Christmas, bah humbug!"
Just as the villian was about to walk away, the young cat girl's eyes suddenly glowed red and she sped in front of Negaduck. Negaduck was about to push the girl away again when the cat suddenly grew to the size of an adult, demonic-looking panther. Negaduck instantly backed away in fear.
"Just what kind of girl is this?" thought Negaduck.
" A curse lay upon you and your twisted soul" said the panther, her red eyes glaring at Negaduck " tonight you shall be visited by three ghosts, and by tomorrow's sunrise your fate shall be sealed,"
With that the panther lunged at Negaduck. The villian put his hands over his head to dfend againist the attack, but felt nothing. Dropping his guard, Negaduck looked to the spot where the panther had been, but it was no longer there.
"Hmph" said Negaduck, convincing himself that nothing supernatural had occured. " Ghosts? Curses? Yeah right!"
With that thought in mind, he continued on to his hideout.
When Negaduck got home back to his hideout, he immediately slipped into his pajamas and got into bed. After petting his chainsaw goodnight, Negaduck soon drifted into a deep slumber. Moments later, his alarm clock tolled one.
A bright white light suddenly appeared, shifting into form similiar to that of Gossalyn Mallard. Instead of wearing her usual tomboyish outfit, Gossalyn was dressed in a pretty white dress, and had a nice gold tiara decorating her head.
The only thing that seperated this Gossalyn from the real Gossalyn was the fact that she was transparent!
Seeing that her client was still asleep, the ghost Gossalyn brought out her hockey stick and wacked Negaduck hard on the head. Negaduck instantly got up, ready to kill the one who had dared interupt his sleep. When he saw the ghost Gossalyn he was shocked still.
"Oh great" said Negaduck " it's you. What, you and your dad want to beat me up while I'm at home now,"
"You have me confused with someone else" said the ghost Gossalyn " I am the Ghost of Christmas Past. I am only in this form because it's familiar to you,"
"So your one of the ghosts that panther lady sicked on me?" laughed Negaduck " Ha, some curse! Is a little girl ghoul supposed to scare me?"
"No, this is!" said ghost Gossalyn, white light erupting from her hands.
When the light vanished, Negaduck saw that he was no longer standing his room, but a different room. A room that seemed stranely familiar.
"Where have you taken me?" demanded Negaduck, looking towards the ghost Gossalyn.
"Your past" ghost Gossalyn answered simply " your back in the Negaverse,"
Now Negaduck realized why this place looked so familiar. It was his old home in the Negaverse, where he grew up as a child. The whole place was as bright and revolting as ever.
Christmas decorations were hung up,a little Negaduck was sitting near the the tree with a frown on his face. The door to the living room opened allowing two older ducks to enter, obivously Negaduck's parents.
Negaduck knew what was coming and hid his eyes away as his mother and father approached his younger self and immediately began the abuse. He couldn't sheild his ears from the young Negaduck's screams.
"Take me away," said Negaduck to ghost Gossalyn, hating to see himself so vunerable.
Ghost Gossalyn complied and seen melted around them and changed. Now, Negaduck and chost Gossalyn were standing in a dirt shrewn alley where a young kid Negaduck stood sitting in a cardboard box.
"This is when my parents got tired of owning me" said Negaduck " I was all alone here, until gang banging became my life,"
Time flowed forward showing how young Negaduck, desperate for food and purpose, joined up with a local gang and started building himself up in the crime world.
Time continued to flow forward until the young Negaduck grew up to his adult form and now ruled all of . Declaring himself the offical King of the Negaverse!
The present Negaduck looked down on ghost Gossalyn with a smug expression.
"If this is your way of making my mind change about Christmas" said Negaduck " it's not working one bit! It only reminds me how much I hated it!"
"I may have struck out" said ghost Gossalyn, pulling out a baseball and a bat " but you two more ghosts to deal with!"
With that said, ghost Gossalyn wacked the baseball with the bat, sending it flying into Negaduck's head. Within seconds, the villian blacked out.
Two o'clock struck, and Negaduck bolted striaght out of bed. His eyes scanned the room for any intruders, but he saw no one.
"Must have been a dream," said Negaduck, walking back to bed.
Before he could get back in it however, the lightswitch in his bedroom suddenly came on illuminating the darkness. Negaduck gasped when he saw the state of his room.
Nearly every inch of the floor had been covered with piles of food. Sitting on top of one of those piles, munching away happily was Launchpad McQuack. Green robes adorned his body, and a wreath replaced his trademark flight helmet. He was a little bit more solid than ghost Gossalyn, but his form was still transparent.
"Oh great" said Negaduck, slapping his forehead in aggrevation " first the little girl, and now Darkwing's sidekick, this night just couldn't get any better,"
"You must have me confused with someone else" said ghost Launchpad, jumping down from his food pile " I am the Ghost of Christmas Present! I only chose this form because it was familiar to you,"
"That panther lady sure knows how to curse someone" thought Negaduck sracastically, before turning to ghost Launchpad " okay, where are you supposed to take me?"
"Come" said ghost Launchpad " you'll see,"
The scene around ghost Launchpad and Negaduck suddenly changed until they were both stnading in the ruins of an abandoned warehouse. Gathered around a shabby table sat Megavolt, Quackerjack, Liquidnator, and Bushroot.
"So what's in the bag this year Quacky?" asked Megavolt.
"Let's see here" said Quackerjack reaching into his bag and pulling out various items " we got the new electronic recharger for Megavolt. A bag of super growth fertilzier for Bushroot. Water purifier for Licky,and a new toy of destruction for me,"
"Oh wow" said Megavolt, taking his gift with pleasure " this is the best Christmas ever!"
"What'd you get for your girlfriend Megs?" asked Liquidnator.
"Oh I already gave Saphire her present" said Megavolt " she knew I was coming here to see you guys, but I promised I come home for dinner,"
"Oooo" said Quackerjack, giddily " sounds like the sparks are really flying,"
"Hey guys" said Bushroot, speaking up " maybe we should start including Negaduck on our yearly tradition,"
"Are you kidding?" said Megavolt " he hates Christmas! Plus what has he ever given us in return for our loyalty? Nothing that's what!"
"The guys a big cheapskate!' said Liquidnator, slamming his watery fists down on the table " even cheaper than me,"
"And he always snags most of the loot" said Quackerjack " there's no way I'll share Christmas with Negaduck,"
"No way!" agreed all the Fearsome Four.
"Why those ingrates!" said Negaduck, starting to charge for the Fearsome Four only to be held back by ghost Launchpad " Let me at 'em! Let me at 'em! I'll rip out their guts! Let me at 'em!"
The scene around them shifted and changed. Soon Negaduck and ghost Launchpad found themselves standing outside Drake Mallard's house.
"what are we doing here?" said Negaduck, confused as he looked through the house window.
Inside the house, Drake, Gossalyn, and Launchpad were preparing for Christmas. The tree was decorated, presents lay under it's branches, and the milk and cookies were already set for Santa.
Launchpad and Gossalyn went into the kitchen to get everything ready for dinner, while Drake went to the closet, brought out one more present, and layed it next to Santa's cookies. Writing a quick note, Drake attached it to the gift, and went to join his family for supper.
Ghosting through the wall, Negaduck looked down at the note Darkwing had written and gasped in surprise.
Dear Santa,
I know this may seem like a strange request, but I would please like you to deliever this gift to my arch enemey Negaduck. Yeah, I know he's a villian and you probably already got him on your naughty list, but he's respectfully nicer this past year.
He helped save my family's life when I was being controlled by DarkWarrior. He even helped bring me back from my dark side and didn't strike me at my weakest moment. This is just my way of saying thanks to him.
Feliz Navidad,
Darkwing Duck
Negaduck couldn't believe it. Darkwing had gotten him a Christmas present. Tears threatened to come out of Negaduck's eyes, but the villian held them back, determined not to break his tough guy fascade.
Suddenly the whole scene went black around Negaduck, and ghost Launchpad dissappeared. Negaduck looked all around him, but nothing but darkness caught his eye.
"This isn't working ya hear!" shouted Negaduck to the void " you still can't convince me that this Christmas stuff is a good thing!"
No one answered the villian's desperate scream. Negaduck was left completely and utterly alone.
Three terrible bongs suddenly echoed through the darkness. A cloud of blue smoke suddenly appeared and Negaduck could hear the same annoying voice as a form appeared out of the mist.
"I am the terror that flaps in the night" said Darkwing, appearing out the smoke " I am the shadow that haunts every dark corner of your mind. I am the Ghost of Christmas Future!"
"What are you doing here Darkwing?" said Negaduck, starting to get annoyed with this whole curse.
"How many times I have to tell you?" said the ghost Darkwing " I'm not the real Darkwing Duck, I'm just in this form because it's familiar to you,"
Negaduck studied the ghost Darkwing more closely. True, there were at least three major differences between this Darkwing and the real Darkwing.
His trademark purple suit had been replaced for a black one, making him look like a minature Zorro. His gas gun had been replaced with a sythe. Not to mention he was completely see through.
"Alright" said Negaduck " where are you supposed to take me? Somewhere with a lot of Christmas spirit I bet,"
"Nope" said ghost Darkwing " I'm supposed to take you to your curse,"
Snapping his fingers, the dark and gloomy scene around Negaduck and Darkwing suddenly turned bright and colorful. Negaduck gasped in horror to see that everything he ever hated pop out of nowhere to torment him.
Cute children laughing and singing songs, Flowers, Toys, Non-voilence, educational t.v. shows, and worst of all...Darkwing clones everywhere!
"Aaaahhhh!" yelled Negaduck, running to find a way out. " Get me outta here!"
Ghost Darkwing silently shook his head as he watched Negaduck claw at the walls desperately trying to find a way out of this torture.
"Well I think I scared him bad enough," said ghost Darkwing, snapping his fingers.
A white light suddenly engulfed the whole room.
Springing from his nightmare, Negaduck ran out of bed, and started spreading christmas cheer like crazy. He gave some of his loot to the Fearsome Four, played with some kids, and even helped an old lady cross the street.
But even though there were plenty of good deeds to do around town, there was one house in particular that Negaduck was eager to visit.
Darkwing got the shock of his life when he opened up his door to see Negaduck standing on the other side.
"Hey Dark" said Negaduck holding out a Christmas present " I can't stay long, so I'd thought I give you this and say Merry Christmas!"
"Uh, thanks Negaduck" said Darkwing, taking the gift with surprise. " hold on a minute, I have something for you too,"
Moments later, Darkwing brought out his own Christmas present and gave it to Negaduck. Negaduck immedaitely unseathed the wrapping to see what was inside. To his surprise, Darkwing had gotten him the new 16 Blade Diamond Edge Chainsaw.
"Wow" thought Negaduck " I can cause major destruction with this!"
"Merry Christmas Negaduck," said Darkwing.
"Merry christmas Darkwing," said Negaduck, waving and walking away.
"Hmph" thought Negaduck, as he headed back to the hideout " maybe I should do this more every year. As long the other members of the Fearsome Five don't find out. I'll see you next Christmas, Darkwing,"
With that thought in mind, Negaduck sped home on his motorbike, determined to test his new chainsaw on some poor, defenseless Christmas trees. This was the best Christmas of his life!
Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed my Christmas Special. Merry Christmas Everybody! Feliz Navidad!