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Yu-gi-oh! 5Ds after hours

Chapter twelve: Yusei and friends do Duckburg

The sun had just risen over New Domino City, a suburb located in San Francisco, California. The people living in New Domino were starting their day. But none of those extras are the main characters. Nope, the main characters are the residents of the Atlas Penthouse, especially the four main guys, all of which were sitting at the dining room table with their coffee.

Yusei Fudo, one of the four guys in question, was reading the morning paper as per usual. Jack Atlas, the reason why the penthouse was known as the Atlas penthouse, was smearing a bit of some sort of fancy cream cheese spread in his toasted bagel. …Oh, I don't know what flavor of bagel Jack prefers. (1) Kalin Kessler was discussing something with Dukey, his talking dog best friend and somewhat recent addition to the Penthouse family after some crazy shit went down over in Dukey's old hometown. Crow Hogan, the last of the four main guys, was cleaning his Sig Sauer 9MM at the table.

Lowering his paper, Yusei looked over to where Crow was sitting. "Do you have to clean one of your many, many guns at the table during breakfast?" Yusei asked.

"I take as much responsibility for my guns as you do for your duel runner and your Volkswagen van," Crow replied, "Speaking of the van, I'm still amazed that it survived the total destruction that went down over in Porkbelly without so much as a scratch."

"I know how to keep my vehicles protected," Yusei replied as he raised his newspaper back up to continue reading.

"So Yusei, how's Akiza doing?" Kalin asked, getting his friend's attention. Yusei lowered his paper again and turned to face the direction Kalin and Dukey were sitting in. In recent events, Yusei married his longtime girlfriend, Akiza Izinski (now Akiza Fudo). As such, Yusei's current goal is to make sure that Akiza, who is currently carrying his child, is provided for.

"Ehh, her pregnancy is developing more," Yusei replied, "She's much further into it than she was prior to us getting married." Sighing, Yusei continued, "That being said, we gotta find something else to do to earn a steady income. And it's not just my employment that's been shaky for a while, but all of us can use stable employment as well."

"But what can we do, though?" Dukey asked, "I mean, it's not like a job opportunity will just plop itself down onto our laps."

"Yo, Yusei!" exclaimed Leo the wonder twin as he and his twin sister Luna came running out into the dining room. Leo and Luna are currently foster kids being raised by the various grown-ups living in the Atlas penthouse. (2)

"What is it, Leo and Luna?" Yusei asked as he turned to regard the wonder twins.

"There's something big being talked about on the news!" Leo said. Gesturing for the guys at the dining table to follow him out to the living room, Leo said, "Follow me!" Leo then took off for the living room with Luna, without even waiting for Yusei and the others. When Yusei and the other guys got out to the living room, there was a news broadcast where the newswoman, who looked like an anthropomorphic duck, was apparently reporting live on scene.

"…And so, with his fortune having seen yet another jump, combined with another burglary attempt from the infamous Beagle Boys, Duckburg's local billionaire Scrooge McDuck has put out a want ad for additional security, as well as a few more butlers," the news woman said, "Scrooge says that he is willing to hire anyone who would be willing to work for him."

When the news broadcast ended, Yusei and the other guys turned to face each other. "Given that Scrooge McDuck is known as the world's richest duck, he'll probably pay us well," Yusei said as he reasoned with his roommates, "I say we give trying to work for him a shot."

"Dukey, think you can stay here to keep an eye on the twins for us?" Kalin asked.

"Trust me," Dukey said, "I had my fill of adventures for one lifetime with my old family. I'll be more than glad to hold down the fort here while you and the other guys go do the thing."

"Then it's settled, boys," Crow said to Yusei, Jack and Kalin, "The four of us are heading to Duckburg!"

"We just have to do guard duty and some butler work for a rich old guy, right?" Jack asked, "That sounds relatively simple. Sounds like the perfect breather to me."

"Well boys, we should go pack a few things," Yusei remarked, "Because we've got a road trip ahead of us."


Sometime later, Yusei's Volkswagen van pulled up at the front entry gate to McDuck Manor in Duckburg. Yusei got out of the van, walked over to a little intercom thing along the wall surrounding the manor, and pressed a little red button. "Hello?" Yusei spoke into the intercom, "I'm here to see about the open positions for employment?" Yusei looked over when he heard the front gates open.

Walking back over to the van, Yusei climbed back into the driver's seat. Closing the door and putting on his seatbelt, Yusei said as he drove into the manor grounds, "Well this is a good sign. Let's try to give it our best A-game, alright?"

Later, Yusei and the others walked into the main reception area of McDuck manor. Whistling in an impressed-sounding tone, Jack said, "Bloody hell, this place is bigger than the penthouse! How in the blazes did McDuck afford all of this?"

"By being tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties," an elderly yet surprisingly lively voice called out, "And I did it square!" The guys turned around to see an elderly male anthropomorphic duck come walking out of one of the rooms off to the side. He had white feathers, both his bill and feet were orange, and he wore a small pair of spectacles, a black top hat, a red long-sleeved robe-like shirt with dark gray trim, and black spats on his feet.

"Can I help you fine gentlemen?" the elderly male duck asked, "Time is of the essence for me at the moment as I am looking to fill a few new roles here around my mansion, so please try to keep your business brief."

"Are you Scrooge McDuck?" Yusei asked as he pointed to the elderly male duck.

"I am indeed," the duck replied with a nod in the affirmative, "I'm the one and only Scrooge McDuck, richest duck in the world."

"Yeah, my friends and I are actually here about the posts you're looking to fill," Yusei explained as he gestured to himself, Jack, Crow and Kalin.

"Well why didn't you boys say so?" Scrooge replied, his tone perking up a bit. Gesturing for the guys to follow him, Scrooge said, "Come on, boys! Let's see about deciding which one of you will get what job, eh?"

As the four guys followed Scrooge, Jack leaned closer to Yusei and whispered, "Well at least he's being friendly."


As Yusei and the guys followed Scrooge through a hallway, the elderly duck said, "So, you boys think you have what it takes to work for the McDuck name?"

"You'd be surprised by our history, sir," (3) Kalin remarked casually, "I believe my friends and I can handle working for you."

"Well don't you have confidence," Scrooge said in a mildly impressed tone, "Trust me when I say that you boys will be seeing yourselves put to the test sooner rather than later!"

"After what we've been through over the past few weeks, I'm doubting anything will faze us to any significant extent," Jack replied.

As the guys continued to follow Scrooge, a group of four anthropomorphic duck kids came running up to the group. The first one was a boy wearing a red polo shirt and red baseball cap, the second was another boy wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt under a blue t-shirt of a somewhat darker shade, the third one was yet another boy wearing a long-sleeved green hoodie, and the final one was a girl wearing a pinkish long-sleeved blouse under a lavender sleeveless vest, a purple skirt, and, on the side of her head, a pink bow.

"Are these four your grandkids or something?" Crow asked Scrooge while point to the four duck kids.

"The boys are my grandnephews Huey, Dewey and Louie," Scrooge explained, "And their friend is Webby, who's the granddaughter of one of my maids."

"Well we can tell that Webby is the only girl," Jack remarked, "But which boy is which?"

"I'm Huey," said the duck boy with the red outfit. Pointing to the duck boys with the blue and green outfits respectively, Huey continued, "And these are Dewey and Louie."

"Well alright then," Jack replied as he took out a small spiral-bound notepad and wrote something on the first blank page he came across; Jack wrote down Huey=red, Dewey=blue, and Louie=green. Closing the small notepad, Jack tucked it into a back pocket on his pants while saying to the duck kids, "Good to meet you."

"Did you guys hear about the attempted robbery on the news?" Webby asked the guys, "The beagle boys tried to rob Mr. McDuck again!"

"Wait a minute," Yusei interrupted, "What do you mean 'again'?"

Sighing in a mildly resigned tone, Scrooge said, "You see, boys, me being the richest duck in the world has garnered me quite a bit of folks who want to rob me blind. The beagle boys are a criminal family who are just one of the many entries on my personal rouge's gallery. The recent jump that my fortune has seen seems to be causing the beagle boys to act even more frequently. That's part of the reason why I've decided to put out that want ad for additional help."

"Well it's a damn good thing I've got combat training," Crow remarked, "If you see and of those beagle boys roll around, give me a holler and I'll kick their asses for you."

"That's a very generous offer," Scrooge replied. With a very mildly pained look on his face, Scrooge added, "Although I'm going to have to ask you to watch your language around the kids, alright?"

"Pfft, chill ya tits, Mr. McDuck," Webby remarked in a dismissive tone as she gave a dismissive wave of her hand, "I don't give a shit about the new guys' fucking language."

"What would your grandmother say if she heard you talking like that, young lady?" Scrooge nearly exclaimed out of shock when he turned to face Webby.

"Who do you think taught me how to fucking talk like that?" Webby retorted.

Jerking a thumb at Webby, Crow whispered to Jack, "She's the coolest one so far."


Later, Scrooge led the guys into a large vault where he kept a lot of his wealth. When they entered, they saw that the money was literally kept in a giant swimming pool. "Do you, like, swim in or money or something?" Kalin asked as he and his friends starred at the vast fortune with looks of shocked surprise.

"Swimming in my money is one of my favorite past times, you know," Scrooge replied.

"So, do you, like, what," Jack began, "Dive in to it from a diving board, or what?"

Laughing in a good-natured tone, Scrooge replied, "Oh heavens, no! Diving into a pool filled with gold coins would be dangerous!" (4) Climbing down onto the surface of the pool of wealth, Scrooge said as he looked up at the guys and the kid ducks, "I slowly climb into the pool before I start swimming. It's much safer, you know!"

"Well at least you keep some shovels in here," Yusei remarked as he pointed to something sticking out of an area of Scrooge's wealth; it was the handle of a shovel that seemed to have a sword hilt-like grip at the end, with a padded D-shaped grip at the end of the handle.

"With as much money that you have in this vault, a shovel would be good for scooping money up to throw into a wheelbarrow for transport," Yusei continued as he walked over to the shovel to pull it out. When he did, Yusei saw to his shock and mild worry that the shovel head was somewhat coated in dried blood. "W…Why is the shovel head covered in dried blood?" Yusei asked in a worried tone.

"Someone broke into my mansion a while ago and tried to steal some of my fortune," Scrooge explained, "I was afraid that he'd go after one of the kids when he was done looting my vault! So, I gave him a proper what-for!"

"I think you were totally in the right, sir," Crow replied, "I mean, I speak from personal experience when I say that it would be terrible if an intruder harmed one of the kids that lived with you at your place!"

"Oh, it would have been a complete and total nightmare if any of the boys or Webby were hurt," Scrooge agreed, "Those kids are the greatest treasure I have, if you want my honest opinion."

"Aww," the duck kids said in unison, all sounding genuinely touched.

"Well I see that you have your loved ones first and foremost in your thoughts," Yusei remarked to the world's richest duck, "But don't you think it would be a good idea to at least clean this shovel at some point? I mean, the dried blood is kind of creepy, not to mention a possible health hazard, what with sanitation and-"

Yusei was cut off when an alarm sounded off. "Burglars!" Scrooge exclaimed, "Come on, boys! Now's your chance to prove that you have what it takes to work for the McDuck family!" Following Scrooge and the duck kids, Yusei and the guys climbed out of the pool of wealth and ran after them.


Back in the main reception area of McDuck manor, the ducks, Yusei and the guys all saw a group of numerous thugs that more or less looked identical to each other; they had dog-like ears and noses, they all wore red long-sleeved shirts with prison numbers over the chest area, blue pants, brown shoes, blue caps and black eye masks.

"Who the bloody hell are they supposed to be?" Jack asked as he pointed at the intruders.

"Those are the beagle boys, lads," Scrooge explained in a mildly grim tone, "They're a large family of criminals who've been trying to rob me of my wealth for years on end! They never succeeded, but they're a constant threat!"

"You want the guys and I should help get rid of them?" Yusei offered.

"They're part of the reason why I'm considering hiring you lads!" Scrooge replied, "Think of this as your job interview!"

"Right-o," Crow replied as he ran forward and swung his right foot into the groin of the beagle boy who was closest to him in proximity. After Crow scored a critical hit on that beagle boy's hidden treasure, Crow turned to his left and jabbed his elbow into the gut of the next closest beagle boy. With a quick partial turn of his shoulder, Crow swung his left fist upward, scraping hard against one of the sides of the beagle boy's face.

With Crow having already engaged two of the beagle boys, Yusei, Jack and Kalin all ran forward to fight the other beagle boys. Yusei got up to a few of the beagle boys before he dropped into a frog-like crouching position, stuck his left leg out, then proceeded to spin as quickly as he could manage, tripping up a few of the beagle boys. Kalin stood on his right leg as he brought his left leg up so he can deal a series of kicks at one of the beagle boys, sending that one flying back. (5)

Jack punched one of the beagle boys in the throat as hard as he could, then he turned around to punch another beagle boy on the tip of his nose as hard as he could. Jack then took his right index and middle fingers and jabbed them into the right eye of a third beagle boy, making that one yelp in pain.

After Yusei and his friends were done, all of the beagle boys scampered away, with some of the ones that Jack had fought being carried away by their fellows. "We'll be back, McDuck!" one of the less-injured beagle boys called out as he shook his fist, "That dime of yours will be ours soon enough! Mark our words!"

After the beagle boys had all left, Scrooge turned to face Yusei and the guys. "That was a right proper show you boys put on," Scrooge praised, "Although that last thing the one beagle boy said before he and his brothers left has me concerned."

"What do you mean, sir?" Kalin asked.

"They were after Uncle Scrooge's lucky dime," Louie explained.

"Now hold the bloody fucking phone a minute there," Jack began. With all eyes on him, Jack continued, "You mean to tell me that close to ten intruders all broke into this mansion just because they wanted to steal a fucking dime?!"

"It's not just any dime," Scrooge explained, "But it's my number one dime! That dime is the first money that I ever earned in my entire life, I'll have you know!"

"But why would a gang of criminals break into your home, apparently for the sole purpose of stealing just one coin that, if anything, has more sentimental value than cash value?" Yusei asked, "Hell, the small handful of loose change I have in my right front pants pocket would be a greater prize for them to steal than just one lone dime."

Scoffing in a knowing tone, Scrooge replied, "They must be working for Magica De Spell on this one, boys."

"Who the hell is that guy?" Kalin asked.

"Magica is actually a woman duck who uses sorcery," Louie explained, "She's been trying to steal Uncle Scrooge's number one dime for quite some time. From what I've come to understand, she intends to melt the dime into an amulet that she thinks will give her the power to turn whatever she touches into gold."

"That's one of the most idiotic things I've ever heard in my entire life," Jack remarked, "And this is coming with a guy who lives with the likes of Crow Hogan."

"Yeah," Crow added as if he wasn't aware that he was just insulted, "Doesn't this De Spell woman know that it's against alchemist law to transmute materials into gold? She can get herself into a lot of trouble with this plan of hers, you know." (6)

"That's not the point, Crow," Yusei replied, "The point here is that a female duck that can apparently use magic had apparently hired a group of criminal thugs to break into an elderly duck's home, potentially harming four duck kids in the process, just to steal a dime that she intends to melt into a magic charm that lets her turn objects into gold."

"It sounds even dumber when it's put like that!" Jack exclaimed.

"We got to beef up security around here, lads," Scrooge said to the guys, "Constant patrols, checks and double-checks."

"I didn't do anything, officer!" Crow exclaimed, a mildly alarmed look on his face.

Everyone else just looked at Crow. After a few seconds, Jack turned to face the ducks and said, "Don't worry. Birdbrain probably just says that on reflex at this point."

"I hope you boys are up for patrol duty tomorrow," Scrooge began, "Because patrolling the entirety of McDuck manor is not a job for everyone."

"So, you're actually hiring us?" Yusei asked.

"We'll need to go over a few things first, but yes," Scrooge replied, "Welcome aboard."

"Sweet!" Crow exclaimed as he pumped both fists into the air, "We've just been hired by a billionaire duck!"

"…I can't believe that it's actually possible to say that," Jack muttered to himself, too quietly for anyone else to hear, as he facepalmed.


The following morning, Yusei and the other guys were standing in formation in the main reception area of McDuck manor. "Alright, lads," Scrooge said as he paced back and forth in front of the guys, "Today's your first official day on the job. Are there any questions that any of you boys have before we begin?"

"Yeah, there's something I'm rather curious about, now that you mention it," Kalin replied as he raised a hand, "It's about that dime of yours that the beagle boys and Magica are after."

"What of it, young man?" Scrooge asked.

"You mention that it was the first money that you ever earned," Kalin began, "Beyond that, why is it so valuable to you?"

"That there is quite a tale," Scrooge said, "Not one that I often get a chance to tell." Inhaling and exhaling before he started his story, Scrooge said, "Back when I was a wee lad living in Scotland, my family and I were as poor as mice. One day when I was shining shoes, one of my customers paid me with an American coin which, in Scotland, is practically useless. After having been ripped off like that, I vowed on that day not only to never let anyone play me for a fool ever again, but that I would gain a vast fortune, which I was inspired to seek here in the states by my number one dime, which is an American coin." (7)

"You, my good sir, are a paragon of business savviness," Crow remarked as he saluted Scrooge, "Bravo, Mr. McDuck. Bravo."

"Seeing as how your special dime is the main target here, shouldn't we be shown where it's being kept?" Jack asked, "I mean, we should get a feel for what would be the best way to keep it from being stolen by some horrifically deluded woman duck who apparently has nothing better to do with her time than to harass an elderly duck for his money."

"An excellent point, lad," Scrooge remarked. Turning around, Scrooge began to walk away while he gestured for the guys to follow him. "Come along now, lads," Scrooge said, "It's high time I show you what made me the duck I am today."

In a room that was somewhere in McDuck manor, Scrooge led the guys over to a pillar that came up to roughly the same height as Scrooge's chest. On top of the pillar was a small purple cushion under a clear glass dome-shaped cover. Resting on the cushion was a rather old-looking American dime, sitting face-up. "Here it is, boys," Scrooge said with a hint of pride in his tone, "My number one dime."

"Wow," Yusei remarked with an impressed-sounding whistle, "You certainly care for that dime of yours, Mr. McDuck."

"I myself know what it is like to own something that is of extraordinarily high value to you, even if it is of very little value if any at all to others," Crow remarked. Pulling out the deck box that held his Blackwing deck, Crow opened it, and pulled a single card out from it.

"A young wheelchair bound girl whose family I helped while I lived in a slum-like area called Satellite gave me this card one day as thanks for finding her teddy bear," Crow explained, "Granted, the card is useless to me as it is a card for Magic the Gathering, not Duel Monsters. But it still means the world to me because a sweet little girl who was bound to a wheelchair gave it to me because she was so thankful that I found her teddy bear. My guess is that the girl found it somewhere in Satellite, just like how most Satellite residents find their duel monsters cards."

Yusei, Jack and Kalin looked over Crow's shoulders to see the Magic the Gathering card, expecting a common card or something. None of them could say anything out of pure shock when they saw that the card was a Gem Mint Alpha version of Black Lotus. (8) As he put the card back into the deck box, Crow continued, "Being given this card is one of the sweetest gestures anyone had ever shown me. That's why it's dear to my heart."

As Crow put his deck box back where he pulled it out from, Scrooge said, "I know not of affairs involving those newfangled trading card games the young folk play, but your story speaks to me on a personal level, my boy." With a solemn nod, Scrooge continued, "That being said, you of all people should know why making sure that my number one dime does not fall into Magica De Spell's hands."

"You bet your bottom dollar I do," Crow replied as he patted the holster that held his Sig Sauer 9MM, "If that De Spell woman duck or any of those beagle boys working for her tries to make off with your number one dime, I'll pop a cap in all of their asses."

"Well I'm certainly glad to see that you boys are keen on doing your jobs," Scrooge remarked, "Caring about your work is not something I've been seeing a lot of recently in most other young folks out there looking for a j-"

"Webby has just been kidnapped by the beagle boys!" Louie exclaimed, cutting Scrooge off in the process, as he and his brothers ran into the room that Scrooge and the guys were in, "They even left a ransom note!"

"Those darn beagle boys did what now?!" Scrooge exclaimed. Huey handed Scrooge the letter in question. "Bah," Scrooge scoffed in an annoyed tone, "This is clearly written by De Spell, since those beagle boys can barely read and write at a kindergarten level." Scrooge showed the note to Yusei and the other guys, who read what it said; If you want to see the kidnapped duck(s) again, you will bring me your number one dime to the enclosed address at midnight. ~Magica De Spell

"That son of a bitch," Crow said as he finished reading the note. To Scrooge, Crow said, "Don't you worry, sir. The boys and I will go and bring back your maid's granddaughter. You can count on us!"

"De Spell will be expecting my number one dime in return for Webby," Scrooge pointed out, "How do you all intend to trick her? She's not an idiot."

"The woman wants to steal a dime because she thinks that melting it into an amulet of some kind will give her the power to turn objects into gold," Jack stated with his best deadpan expression, "I think that speaks volumes of her intelligence level."

"I have an idea," Kalin said, getting everyone to turn to face him, "That just might work."


The address that was enclosed in the ransom letter turned out to be for an old automotive warehouse, which Yusei and the guys snuck into. "Remember, Birdbrain," Jack hissed at Crow in a whisper, "This is supposed to be a stealth mission. A stealth mission. Do you understand?"

Crow shot Jack a quick thumbs-up. "Guys, stop moving," Yusei said in a hushed tone, getting the rest of the group to stop. Hiding behind some rather large crates, Yusei pointed out something to the other guys; under the light of an overhead fixture was a group of about several beagle boys standing around casually, and sitting helplessly in the center was Webby, tied down to a chair. Sitting on the hood of a car (this is an automotive factory) was an adult female duck wearing a long-sleeved black robe. For some reason, she had long, straight black hair on her head (it resembled a human hairstyle).

"That must be Magica De Spell," Yusei whispered to his friends as he pointed to the adult female duck. Turning to face Kalin, Yusei asked, "Are you sure this plan of yours will work?"

"It will at least buy you guys some time," Kalin replied in a whisper, "Just get into action the moment I make my move."

As the beagle boys and Magica stood around waiting, they heard a voice call out, "Magica De Spell, I presume?"

All heads then turned to see Kalin walk up to them, both of his hands up in the air. "Yes, I am the great sorceress Magica De Spell," the adult female duck replied, "What do you want?"

"I am an employee of the McDuck family, here on their behalf to hand over Scrooge McDuck's number one dime in exchange for the safe return of Webby," Kalin explained as he brought his right hand down so he could reach into the right front side pocket of the jacket he was wearing.

Pulling his right hand back out, Kalin revealed that he was holding a silvery coin that was roughly the size of an American dime; due to the distance at which Magica and the beagle boys stood, none of them could see the coin clearly. All they could see was that it was silvery like a dime, circular like a dime, and the size of a dime.

"At last!" Magica exclaimed as she ran forward to snatch the coin out of Kalin's hand. When she did, Magica got a good look at it and saw, to her shock, that it wasn't Scrooge's number one dime. It wasn't even a dime, either; it was a British five pence coin. (9)

"This isn't Scrooge McDuck's number one dime, you fool!" Magica exclaimed angrily at Kalin.

With something of a smug smirk, Kalin said, "Nope! I figured that Mr. McDuck would get a kick out of how I tricked you with a coin that isn't even spendable in the United States!" Making the devil horns sign with both hands, Kalin crossed his arms while saying, "You just got Kessler'd!"

"Uggh, really?" Crow's voice called out, "That's the lamest taunt I ever heard in my life dude." Hearing Crow speak out made Kalin, Magica and the beagle boys turn to see Yusei, Jack and Crow escorting a freed Webby out of the automotive warehouse. Or at least that's what they were hoping to do, but being noticed ruined that.

"Birdbrain, what the hell?!" Jack exclaimed, "Kalin's plan was working perfectly! Why did you have to go and fuck it up by revealing our presence?!"

"With all due respect, 'you just got Kessler'd' is one of the dumbest, if not the dumbest, things I've ever heard in my life," Crow defended, "We need to give him a list of taunts to use in the future when we get back so that he won't say something stupid like that ever again."

"I was all for letting Kalin have that," Yusei remarked, "Especially since-"

"I will not have the wool pulled over my eyes!" Magica screamed as she raised a staff into the air, the highest raised point of the staff glowing with a magical aura. This caused the car that Magica was previously sitting on the hood of to float up and fly at Yusei, landing on top of him and crushing him to death. (10)

"Oh no!" Web by exclaimed as blood started to trickle out from underneath the damaged remains of the car.

"I will be having Scrooge's number one dime!" Magica screamed, using the same power she used to fling the car at Yusei to levitate the remaining guys and Webby, leaving them helpless. "I will not be denied of my prize!" Magica exclaimed, "I will-"

"Can I just ask you something really quick?" Jack interrupted, catching the mad woman duck off guard just enough to get her to stop.

"…Fine, but make it quick," Magica replied.

"What in the name of fuck makes you think that melting a fucking dime into an amulet will give you the power to turn stuff into gold?" Jack asked.

"It is the first money that the richest duck in the world ever earned!" Magica explained, "Therefore it-"

"No," Jack interrupted again, "No, whatever the bloody hell you're about to say is not right! There is no way that melting a fucking dime, regardless of history, sentimental value or whatever the fuck else you can think of, would give anything enough power so that if you melted it down into an amulet, that amulet wound basically make you King fucking Midas! It's a bloody fairy-tale, not a piece of shit recipe that would actually work! I would normally tell you that you ought to be ashamed of yourself, but I'm not going to because I highly doubt that, given how bat shit crazy you clearly are, that you're even capable of comprehending the concept of shame!"

Everyone was stunned into silence after the verbal smack-down Jack just dealt Magica, but none more so than Magica herself, who was wide-eyed with shock. Due to how shocked she was, Magica's focus on her magic went kaput, and as a result Jack, Crow, Kalin and Webby were freed. As the guys and Webby landed on their feet, Crow and Kalin looked over to where Magica and the beagle boys still stood.

"…Damn, Jack," Crow remarked, "That was nothing short of brutal."

"Well I for one am glad to see that I actually left something of an impact on the woman," Jack remarked, hands on his hips.

"Should…should we call the police?" Webby asked in a tone that was three parts worried and seven parts concerned, "I mean, that crazy-ass bitch and her fucking cannon fodder are clearly too stunned to try and make a break for it."

"Yeah, we…yeah, we should call the police, Webby," Kalin replied, his tone sounding quietly shocked.


At around nine-thirty-two in the morning following the encounter with Magica, Jack, Crow and Kalin stood in front of Scrooge, his nephews and Webby in the main reception area of McDuck manor. "Well, boys," Scrooge began, "I'm impressed that you not only managed to save Webby, but that you got Magica and the beagle boys she hired to willingly turn themselves over to the authorities. I hear talk that Magica even thinks that she should go to the nut house."

"Good!" Jack declared, "That's where she rightfully belongs, if you ask me!"

"Oh, and lads," Scrooge continued in a more sympathetic tone, "I'm sorry to hear that yer pal got killed in your efforts to save Webby. Rest assured that I will be sending his next of kin some very generous financial compensation to help with final expenses. Oh, and give your pal's wife my regards, will you? Must be really tough for the poor girl, becoming a widow so soon after becoming a wife."

"Meh, it won't last long," Crow replied. (11)

Jack, Crow and Kalin were up in the room that they shared while staying at McDuck manor for their jobs as part of the McDuck family's staff. "Hey guys, I just had a thought," Kalin began, "Who's going to tell Akiza that Yusei's been killed?"

In response, both Jack and Crow raised their right hands at the exact same time while saying, "Not it!"

Kalin tried to say 'not it' as well, but realized that Jack and Crow had beaten him to the punch. Snapping his fingers in a disappointed manner, Kalin said, "Damn it!"

END, CHAPTER TWELVE

Author's Notes:

(1) If it will get you to stop wondering, it was an everything bagel.

(2) If you can call some of them grown-ups.

(3) Very surprised.

(4) If what I've seen from videos on the internet talking about the subject is true.

(5) Think Chun-li from Street Fighter.

(6) Transmuting gold isn't as much of a taboo as human transmutation, but it's still something of a big no-no.

(7) This is a shortened version of a true story.

(8) This card, from what I've come to understand, is more or less considered to be the Holy Grail of Magic the Gathering.

(9) I actually own a British five pence coin in real life, so I was able to compare it to an American dime.

(10) I'm pretty sure that telekinesis is not a power that Magica possesses, but she has it here anyway because I'm trying to maintain a pattern.

(11) He's got a point.

The classic Ducktales cartoon is in my opinion a very good cartoon (I'd give it at least a solid eight out of ten) that I've seen a lot of people give a thumbs-up to. It is for their sake that I hope that the 2017 reboot will be just as appealing as its timeless inspiration. I saw a few episodes of the reboot, and it seems pretty solid to me so far. Here's hoping that holds up.