It is official, I am finally finished with my Bachelor's program WooHoo! And now, get ready for Chapter 12!
Chapter 12.
The stadium became fully packed by the time the evening hour arrived as every fan of the Ducks had piled into the stands to wait for their favorite team to make their appearance. In the Locker room, the team was getting prepared getting out their hockey sticks and tying their skates as well as Grin making a silent prayer for their victory. Nosedive, on the other hand, wasn't feeling right into the mood for it; instead, he was thinking of different sentences on how to tell Wing the truth within his head as he was snapped back to reality by the Goalie himself who despite the mask covering his face, looked down at his brother with his eyes full of concern wondering what had been troubling his younger sibling lately.
"Hey Dive, you're not dancing? You're always doing that when the music starts you know, what's the matter?" Wing asked leaving the blonde mallard to shake his head forcing a smile for his older brother to lay off the worry act as he just gave him a thumbs up.
"Nothin bro, just a little pregame jitters is all, never better." However, Wing wasn't convinced but didn't want to pester the younger one even more for he knew Dive hated it. Tanya bit her bottom lip gently concern and nervousness plastered on her face wishing that the young hockey player would've just came out and told him everything but now wasn't the time for that; for they were going to be playing against the Columbus blue jackets whom had traveled all the way from Ohio.
"I have to tell him, I just have to. I can't keep this up anymore no matter how much this sucks...and he might pound me into next month...ugh...darn it Nosedive! why didn't you just keep your nose out of that cursed book? none of this wouldn't be happening! I need a drink..." Dive rubbed his arm exhaling out a breath slowly as he opened his locker to take out his water bottle to take a swig when suddenly, an unfamilair green spider caught his eye; eyes widened and about to let out a scream when soon it shape shifted into the familiar form of Chameleon!
The green lizard grinned sinisterly and chuckled. "Who knew that a Mighty Duck was afraid of spiders?" He cackled sending the duck into a blushing fit but grew quite angry afterwards as he was about to lunge his way towards him. Thinking quick, the Chameleon quickly disappeared in green sparkles sending the duck falling down; Dive gritted his teeth as he wanted to punch that ugly saurian and get out there to play. Switching into his battle armor, the lizard appeared once more behind him only to get tackled down to the ground again.
"I'm getting real tired of this." He grumbled wishing that he had had his puck launcher with him but it was in the Rec Room at the moment and he couldn't bear with leaving the Locker unit just to retrieve it by that time, it would be too late. "Where are you!? come out saurian scum, you're making me miss the game here!"
"Well too bad!" He then appeared once again this time, landing a punch into Dive's stomach causing him to kneel over grasping it. "You think you and those darn ducks can get away with anything right? well this time, it will be the complete opposite!" Giving him another punch, only this time, causing him to pass out, Chameleon shape shifted back into his original form to drag him away as he soon commed Dragaunus letting him know that he had gotten the blonde haired alien thus receiving a demand to get back to the Raptor.
"Hmph! no respect for the little guy, no respect at all!" And with the unconscious duck in his grasp, he soon vanished.
Luck was definitely not on the Ducks' sides at the moment as the Blue Jackets were taking advantage of the moment stealing the puck at each chance they were getting. Even Phil was having a hard time as he looked like he could just strangle himself hoping for a miracle to happen to even have his team just get at least one lucky shot into the net. Without Nosdive to back them up, they were getting creamed for sure!
"Looks to me that this is one bad night for our favorite Ducks here folks! without their Star Player Nosedive, they don't stand a chance! With The Columbus Blue Jackets. With the Jackets in the lead with 12 to 5, they are just 6 shots away with winning tonight's game; and with Nosedive Flashblade absent, will he ever come around soon enough? or have the Ducks given up the fight?"
Sweat was glistening down their faces as the players were really starting to get agitated. Not only were they getting pummeled by the other team (which in many ways was humiliating and embarrassing), but Nosedive decided was to back out at the last minute by whatever was going on in his mind as of late. Normally, he would've been out the minute the crowd started cheering and clapping and would be giving out winks and flexing his muscles to show off especially when it came to the cute girls. But now, it actually felt like that he was stalling-only around Wildwing at the most.
For the past few days, the leader could tell something was wrong with his brother. No matter how many times he tried to approach the teen duck, the younger one would come up with an excuse to get away leaving him with mixtures of all kinds of emotions of confusion, and mostly concern; especially suspicion; there was just something Nosedive wasn't telling. If an older sibling knew their younger sibling best, was the fact that they were hiding things from them and the blonde duck was one of them. But now was really not the time to be thinking such things as the Goalie called for a break as the other team nodded taking a break of their own.
"When I get my hands on him, he's going to wish that he had never been hatched!" Mallory yelled out completely frustrated with the game, and of course angry at Dive for blowing them off at the very last minute. Even Grin, who was never angry, was agitated as he silently cursed to himself seeing that they had never made much progress so far. Wing sighed seeing how his team was completely aggravated at the moment and nothing would ever make them a little better but he knew something was wrong when he noticed that his brother didn't come out after him and that was definitely strange indeed.
Nosedive slowly open his eyes leaving his vision to be blurry but it was beginning to come around as he groaned feeling like he had one of the worst hangovers yet. "Where am I?" He thought groggily as he slowly moved his head; his blue eyes slightly widened as he soon realized he was in the Raptor! "Aw crud...can tonight get any worse than it is?" Seeing below him that he was tied up, his left eye soon twitched and clenched his teeth. "Yep, it officially did ugh..."
"Ah, you're awake." As the green flash appeared to be Dragaunus and the rest of his saurian goons, the Mighty Duck soon snarled but it didn't have any effect on the Warlord who just smiled menacingly trying as he might to not show any fear despite that deep down, he was shaking like a leaf.
"What do you want lizard breath?" Dive answered angrily wanting an explanation only to hear the evil laughter that sent shivers up his spine.
"Oh that is so rich, coming from an inquisitive duck like yourself. Do you honestly think that your brother will forgive you for what you've been doing?"
Nosedive's glare grew more intensed letting out a growl. "What the heck are you talking about? and for Ducaine's sake, get me down!" Dragaunus soon nodded his head towards Wraith who slowly made his way towards the prisoner revealing to be none other than Wildwing's journal! Dive soon made a silent gasp as he remembered Tanya saying that someone had broken into the pond that night leaving his eye to twitch once more. "So you were the one that took it! When I get out-"
"Ah, ah, ah, save it duck boy... besides, I bet it must have been quite enjoyable to witness all of your brother's precious secrets especially his secret admiration towards one of his comrades." Getting the picture to reveal Duke, Nosedive gulped leaving the red dragon like creature to smile evily.
"That's what happens when you want revenge isn' it?" Chameleon bursted out only to whacked by Siege's tail sending him to the ground.
"Again, what is he talking about?"
"It appears that I had had sent Chameleon on an...errand to try to see where you and the rest of your good for nothing team-mates resided to where he had gone undercover. Leaving Wraith to finish the job that he had left behind."
Now Nosedive felt guiltier than ever, he wished he could've gone back in time and stop himself from ever reading his brother's journal in the first place but it was already too late to turn back. Now, his main concern was to get free and stop Lizard Lips.
"Siege! Plug in the cords!" Growing confused, and seeing what the orange lizard was up to, he made a slight peep realizing that they were the same actual ones from the Laboratory! He had a gut feeling that the worse was definitely yet to come. "Chameleon! Disable the lighting at the rink!" Nodding for his order, the green creature let once again. Wraith, who was the only one left out, shook his head indicating that this was going to be a bad idea knowing that once again, his Lord would be wrong.
"Wh-What are you going to do?" Dive asked feeling afraid for what was soon to happen but he was being ignored As he thought up of different kinds of scenarios of what the saurians were up to as he racked his brain with the information. "Okay, stay calm Nosedive, now, what would they be doing with those cords, and Draggy asking the shrimp to get back to the rink and shut off the main power? hmm... cords, main power, cords, main power..." Then, it all came to light! with the silver book, Dragaunus was going to expose Wildwing's secrets!
