Inside Negaduck's warehouse/lair, Melody and Lulu found themselves bound, back to back, in a couple of chairs.
"What do you think is going to happen to us Mel?" Lulu asked as Melody shrugged.
"How should I know?" Melody replied in a rather rude manner.
"Geez I was only asking. No reason to bite my head off." Lulu said as Melody rolled her eyes.
"Keep quiet you little do-gooders! I'm going to get quite a kick out of destroying the both of you even though I'm only getting paid for one in particular." Negaduck said as Melody sighed.
"Let me guess. You're after me." Melody replied flippantly.
"That's correct." A voice said as the three hooded figures appeared behind Negaduck.
"Who are you guys?!" Melody asked.
"You should know. We know your secret. We know who you are and it is not as the princess of heart you pretend to be." The hooded figure said as Melody snarled angrily.
"I was right! You are traitors!" Melody said as Lulu arched a confused eyebrow.
"What are you talking about Mel?" Lulu asked over her shoulder.
"Nothing Lulu. You wouldn't understand, you're too young." Melody replied.
"I take it you haven't told your secret to anyone then huh?" Negaduck asked with intrigue.
"Back off duck!" Melody spat.
"Ooh! Courageous one isn't she?" Negaduck sneered.
"Negaduck! We're not paying you to destroy the blond girl. Destroy only the other or you won't get your reward." One of the figures said angrily.
"Why not kill both and have some more fun?" Negaduck asked.
"Because if you do…not only will you not get your reward but we will cause you to join them in death." The lead figure said as it held up a hand causing a large glowing black sphere to appear. Negaduck was surprised.
"I see. Well then little miss Harmony-" "It's Melody!" "Whatever…any last words?" Negaduck asked as he raised the Death Knell Rifle.
"I've got several!!!" a voice called from out of nowhere. "I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the beacon of justice for those stuck in the sea of crime!"
Suddenly a long and flowing black robe dropped out of nowhere and swirled around the captives before flying off and revealing nothing but two empty chairs and a bunch of still tied ropes.
"I am DARKWING DUCK!!!" Darkwing called as he appeared in a cloud with the rest of the heroes, sans Lucrecia, standing behind him.
"Oh look its Dunkling Duke, come to save the day." Negaduck growled as the hooded figures remained silent.
"Negaduck! I knew you were behind this nefarious scheme!" Darkwing said as they came literally face to face.
"That and we told you it was him." Marina said as the lead figure approached the group of heroes.
"Ventus." The figure said as Ventus narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
"How do you know my name?" He asked as he held his Keyblade steady.
"I haven't seen you since you were born. In fact I was witness to your birth. I helped your mother deliver you." The lead figure said as Ventus narrowed his eyes.
"You're lying." Ventus replied.
"Am I?" the figure asked, "Can you tell me how your parents met? Can you tell me who you were named after? Can you tell me the name of so much as one of your grandparents? If you can answer even one of those, then I will not question your knowledge of your family history again."
Ventus paused as he tried to think but no answers came up. He turned and gave Marina pleading look but she shrugged clueless.
"I can't." Ventus sighed.
"I thought so. Know this young one. The Melody you know isn't amongst you. Her calls to you are silent because there is no voice to carry them. Trust me when I say that the darkness you believed gone has only just gotten stronger." The figure said as he and the other two vanished, each in a black portal.
"WAIT!" Ventus called as he reached out in a futile effort to grasp the figure.
"What did he mean by that?" Marina asked confused.
"I don't know but it sure gave me an opportunity!" Negaduck cackled from a nearby catwalk.
"We'll see about that Negaduck!" Darkwing replied as he pulled out his gas gun, "Suck gas evildoer!"
Darkwing fired off a round that exploded in a white cloud over Negaduck.
"Oops." Darkwing said as he saw the cloud.
"What was in that?" Violet asked.
"Itching powder." Darkwing replied as Negaduck emerged from the cloud with an umbrella and a dust buster in his hands.
"It'll take more than a bunch of itching powder to stop me!" Negaduck grumbled but was quickly bowled over by a red and blond blur.
"What about, the Dash?" Dash asked as he struck a heroic pose.
"I prefer the snail." Negaduck replied as he pulled out his own gas gun and fired another round of green goo but missed.
"Missed-me-missed-me-now-you-gotta-kiss…uh…Vi!" Dash taunted.
"I HEARD THAT YOU INSECT!!!" Violet replied.
"Uh-oh, shields up SHIELDS UP SHIELDS UP!!!" Marina shouted as Violet quickly threw up a force field just as Negaduck fired another blob at them from overhead, only for it to coat the force field.
"Get out of that one!" Negaduck said triumphantly just as his hat got shot off by a red dart.
"STAND STILL! I have to shoot you." Lucrecia said as she dropped in out of nowhere and started firing off tranquilizer darts at the criminal.
"Try this on for size do-gooder!" Negaduck said as he fired the Death Knell rifle, causing Lucrecia to leap down towards the ground in her cloak form as she dodged bullets left and right.
"Stop right there Negaduck! Or you'll be singing a different tune when I'm through with you!" Darkwing ordered from behind as Negaduck turned the gun towards him.
"I don't sing, I dance, CAN YOU?!" Negaduck asked as Darkwing started "dancing" around the bullet holes that were opening up where the bullets hit.
"Uh Negaduck?" Dash said as he approached from behind.
"WHAT?!" Negaduck sneered as Dash pointed to the fact that the catwalk the three of them were on was now split in half thanks to the bullet holes.
"Oh no." Negaduck grimaced as Dash ran across and got Darkwing safely to the ground in the blink of an eye just as the catwalk collapsed but Negaduck used a grappler round in his gas gun and swung into a shadow covered area of the warehouse.
"Where did he go?" Ventus asked as they regrouped, Marina having frozen and shattered the glob of goo over Violet's force field.
Suddenly a loud mechanical roar was heard and a pair of large glowing red eyes pierced through the darkness. Then a loud metal thud was heard, causing the ground to shake as a massive mechanical version of Negaduck stepped into the light.
"Oh boy…we've stepped in it now." Ventus said as the Nega-bot cackled.
"You've fallen right into my little trap kiddies! I was saving this for a rainy day but since you're here, I thought I would surprise everyone early!!!" Negaduck's voice echoed from the loudspeakers.
"I don't suppose you have one too do ya Darkwing?" Marina asked as Darkwing gulped.
"Not really, no." Darkwing replied.
"It was worth a shot." Marina shrugged as they instantly started running.
"Lucrecia! Where's Melody and Lulu?!" Ventus asked as they ran out the warehouse with Nega-bot chasing after them.
"Up there!" Lucrecia said as she pointed to a flying purple snarling duck head with wings.
"Ah-ha! The Thunder-quack!" Darkwing exclaimed as the jet touched down nearby with Lulu at the controls.
"How do we stop that thing?!" Ventus asked as the necklace around Lulu's neck started to glow. Suddenly the strange creature wobbly creature appeared again.
"We have answered your summons my liege." The creature said in Lulu's mind.
Suddenly a massive black and white swirling portal opened up to reveal a massive white creature of equal height to the Nega-bot.
"What is that THING?!" Melody exclaimed.
"Impossible! A Nobody!" Lucrecia said as the massive creature charged at Nega-bot and delivered a powerful blow to the large machine.
"What did you call that thing?" Marina asked.
"A nobody…they're kinda like the heartless only they are only empty shells compared to the heartless. I thought they were extinct after the fall of Xehanort." Lucrecia replied as they continued watching the battle royale between the massive nobody and the Nega-bot.
"Whoa you mean THAT's a nobody?!" Ventus asked.
"Yep. If I remember my nobody guide correctly, that's a Twilight Thorn nobody." Lucrecia replied as she looked at the bobbing nobody next to Lulu.
"And that's a Dusk…the most common type of nobody." Lucrecia added as the Twilight Thorn delivered a powerful blow to Nega-bot.
Nega-bot reared it's arm back and slugged the Twilight Thorn, sending it to the ground.
"It's getting it's butt whooped!" Dash exclaimed.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Darkwing said as he whipped out his gas gun and loaded the ice cartridge in the barrel.
"What are you doing?" Marina asked.
"Elementary chemistry my dear, if metal freezes it could potentially shatter like glass." Darkwing replied as Marina summoned her Keyblade.
"You're going to need more ice pal…fortunately I have a whole Keyblade made of ice." Marina said as Ventus cleared his throat.
"One tiny problem…" Ventus said as he motioned to flat and twisted pile of purple metal, "…it looks like that Darkwing's cool bike is now a pancake."
"Dooooohhh….not again!" Darkwing whimpered.
"What about me? I'm faster than fast! I'm the Dash!" Dash said with a suave grin.
"Nonsense! Children should not play with guns!" Darkwing said as Dash face palmed.
"Now isn't the time for a Saturday morning cartoon moral! We have to stop that thing before it wrecks the city!" Dash replied.
"Violet what about that force field ball you and Dash made a while ago?!" Lulu asked as Violet and Dash gave each other a nod.
"Right, Marina you up for a roll?" Violet asked as Ventus saw Marina's reply coming by the smirk on her face.
"Spring or yeast roll?" Marina asked as everyone groaned and Marina giggled.
"We ask her to be a hero and what does she do? She makes a horrible pun." Lucrecia grumbled.
"Ok sheesh let's get this ball rolling!" Marina said as she, Dash, and Violet created the Incredi-ball, with Marina floating in the air inside the sphere, as they bolted down the street towards the dueling giants.
"I get the strange feeling that it's not going to be enough. We need to make sure that Negaduck can't escape." Ventus said as Lulu turned to see the Thunder-quack sitting and waiting for launch.
"I have an idea, but Mr. Darkwing sir, you have to come along." Lulu said as Darkwing shrugged and leapt into the Thunder-quack and fired up the controls. Darkwing instantly shoved Lulu out of the pilot seat.
"Hey what are you doing?!" Lulu asked.
"Young lady you are far too young to fly! Leave this to the…" Darkwing said as he pressed a button and turned on the windshield wipers even though the canopy was still up and thus sprayed him in the face, "…adults."
"Just humor me…I'm better than I look." Lulu said as she took the controls and the canopy lowered shortly before the Thunder-quack rocketed out towards the battle.
Violet, Dash, and Marina arrived at an intersection just as the Twilight Thorn was thrown to the ground again, putting the three heroes between the massive nobody and Nega-bot.
"Ok drop the force field!" Marina said as the force field lowered. She then ran into the middle of the intersection with her Keyblade ready.
"Oh look…a little girl who thinks she can stop a big bad war machine. How cute." Negaduck snickered from over the speakers as Marina narrowed her eyes.
"Cute this!" Marina said as her Keyblade glowed a bright light blue as a gust of snow blew in from out of nowhere, and in a bright flash of light, a beautiful blue skinned woman in a decorative bikini top and bottom appeared.
"What is that?" Violet asked as Marina stood stunned.
"It's Shiva…the Aeon of Ice." Marina said speechlessly as Shiva began her Overdrive…appropriately named, Diamond Dust.
She channeled her energy over her head and slowly lowered her hands from above her head as she aimed the blast at Nega-bot and unleashed a devastating blast of ice magic, freezing Nega-Bot from the waist down in a mound of ice. She then snapped her fingers and the ice mound shattered. Shiva then turned with a smile towards Marina as she channeled herself back into the Keyblade.
"Whoa! How did you do that?!" Dash asked in awe.
"I didn't even know I…could." Marina replied with a stunned look on her face.
"Now all that's left is the blunt force to shatter the legs." Violet said as she and Dash came up with a plan. They quickly recreated the Incredi-ball and rolled off at rocket speeds at the Nega-Bot. The Incredi-ball smashed through the left leg, shattering the massive robot's left calve.
The metal on the robot started to groan under the strain of standing on one ice covered leg and eventually started to topple over.
Suddenly the large red hat on the head of the robot opened up as Negaduck flew up into the air on a jetpack.
"Thought that would stop me did ya?! Well guess again do-gooders!" Negaduck cackled, not noticing as the Thunder-quack hovered up behind him with Darkwing standing on the beak.
"Are you sure about that, Villain?" Darkwing asked as Negaduck turned just as Darkwing whipped out his gas gun.
"Suck gas evildoer!" Darkwing said as he fired the gas gun and enveloped Negaduck in a cloud of light blue smoke, revealing Negaduck encased inside of a block of ice. Negaduck fell to the ground where the block shattered, along with the jetpack, leaving Negaduck unconscious on the street.
"Yep, yep, yep, ah…that just goes to show, that no villain is a match for DARKWING DUCK!!!" Darkwing exclaimed as he struck a heroic pose.
Lulu gave him an annoyed glare and sent the Thunder-quack into a barrel roll, causing Darkwing to cling to the beak.
"Uh, make that, Darkwing Duck and friends." Darkwing said as Lulu nodded.
"Better." She replied.
Later…
Twilight Thorn and the Dusk had vanished and Negaduck was being thrown into a police car as everyone said their goodbyes to Darkwing.
"You know for a bunch of kids you guys really know your crime fighting skills. I would be honored if you decided to stay here in Saint Canard to help defeat the scourge of villainy and crime where it roams." Darkwing said heroically as the group shrugged.
"Sorry Darkwing, but we can't stay. We have to keep moving so that those hooded guys don't catch up to us." Ventus said as Darkwing sighed understandingly.
"Ah you're right. Besides there's only room enough for one hero around here and that's me, DARKWING DUCK!" Darkwing said energetically as the group rolled their eyes.
"Uh, Lucrecia…do you have the extra transporter?" Ventus asked.
"Yep…just tell me when." Lucrecia replied as Ventus noticed Darkwing's hat blink with light. It was the signal to Ventus to seal the keyhole.
As before, a beam of light shot up from the hat and revealed the keyhole as Ventus sealed the keyhole with the Keyblade.
"What was that?" Darkwing asked as Marina quickly whispered "When" into Lucrecia's ear and by the time Darkwing turned back around, the only thing he saw was a faint beam of light dissipating into the night sky.
End Chapter 25.
That's all for the Darkwing Duck world…want to know what happens next? Read the next chapter…when it's posted.