Remembrance

Chapter 26

"Who Am I!" The villain shouted in the woods. He looked down, starring at his reflection, searching for the answer.

A familiar and friendly voice was heard, "Having identity issues? Tired of not know where you've been or how you got there….Call the Liquidator!" The puddle on the ground took shape, and the liquid spokes dog appeared, smiling.

"Liki! Where'd you come from?" Megavolt couldn't believe it.

"I've been here!" The dog exclaimed.

"I'm so glad to see you…I hug ya but I think it'll kill us both." For the first time in a long time, Megavolt was smiling.

Rustling was heard in the trees behind them, 2 other familiar voices were heard talking to themselves, "I told you we needed to stick around"….." One voice said. The other soon followed. "Yeah, well I'm the one walking here…." Megavolt and Liquidator looked at the ground, where a pair of footsteps seemed to be appearing out of thin air. Whatever it was, appeared to trip, and fell to the ground.

Quackerjack cursed the rock he hit. An eggmen helmet rolled across the dirt, stopping inches away from the feet of Megavolt. He picked it up and looked inside, "Reggie! What happened?"

"Hey Megs, glad your ok. Liki! Where've you been?" A small pink flower with a friendly face had been planted in the helmet.

Quackerjack got up, apparently angry no one was paying attention to him. "Does no one care about the jester anymore? I hurt myself!" He got out an oversized thermometer and put it his beak as if to play doctor.

Megavolt laughed a good honest laugh at his friend. "You're all ok!…wait a minute, what about Negs!"

"The Boss?" Bushroot asked.

Liki spoke up, "He and I were helping the Justice Ducks rescue all of you. But we split up hours ago."

QJ added to that, "Bushroot and I were helping them too, we didn't know where you were Megs, and we had to make sure Steelbeak didn't capture you. But we never saw the Boss."

Megs was speechless for a moment . His friends risked everything just to make sure he was ok, "I can't believe you all did that…"

Liquidator stood proud, "The Fearsome Five stands together! That's what the Boss always says."

"Yeah well…Negs is hurt…bad"

Their moods turned to a grim one. Bushroot spoke up, "What happened? Where is he?"

Across town….

The Flashquack soared at high speed across the city, searching for its target. Through streets it raced. It went inside a large, tan building. Charging over the people inside, it looked through the hallways. Doctors and Nurses everywhere, but not its target…It turned a corner, and there it was.

Darkwing was talking with Grizzlekoff and actually managing to have a decent conversation with the bear.

"You're in a good mood Griz…"

"Steelbeak is once again in the custody of SHUSH, Negaduck is just an added bonus."

"Yeah well just try and keep that rooster in the coop this time."

"You have my word Darkwing; I will do everything in my power to see that he stays right where he is." The bear sound dead serious about it.

"If you don't mind me asking Griz….I know you and Steelbeak go back a ways…." Darkwing was referring to his own first in counter with the villain, "But you seem to take Steelbeak a bit more personally than any other bad guy…It's just an observation."

Griz looked down for a moment, "You are correct Comrade. Usually I do a better job at following procedure and not letting my personal feelings get in the way of the job…" He looked up, "Steelbeak hurt…someone….a long time ago."

Darkwing thought a moment, 'He couldn't possibly mean me? Could he?'

Griz looked up, "But it is of no importance now….My Little Comrade pulled through and now I have Steelbeak arrested. Life is good, eh Comrade?"

Darkwing smiled, "Yeah, but not for Steely!

Griz laughed. At that moment, the Flashquack came right towards Darkwing; it hit him dead in the face.

"You better be careful Comrade…Good thing we in hospital." Griz helped him up as he cradled his head. The Flashquack opened to reveal a screen, Gizmoduck appeared.

"Hello Wingy! I remember you now!" Giz smiled with joy at remembering their friendship.

"Glad to hear it Giz" Darkwing said with a sarcastic tone, still rubbing his head.

"Just wanted to let you know Quiverwing is safe. I think I remember you caring about that kind of stuff. Everyone is here at the tower awaiting your return." The camera panned out to reveal the whole Justice Ducks. Gizmoduck, Morgana, Steggmutt, Neptunia, Launchpad, Quiverwing, and Arrow Kid all stood proud and tall.

"NEPTUNIA!" Darkwing cried. "You're ok?! Steelbeak said he got you."

Neptunia spoke up, "That load mouth should no better than to mess with the wrong fish. Plus the Fearsome Five helped out. Old Liquidator saved my tail fin back there."

"That group is full of surprises, I guess. Well I'm glad you're ok."

"Same goes for you. Still don't know exactly what was going on back there…"

"I'll explain once I get to the tower, can you guys put Morg on for a sec?"

"Sure thing Wingy!" Gizmoduck gave the camera to the witch.

Darkwing turned to Grizzlekoff who was eavesdropping, "Um…Griz? You mind for sec?"

"Oh…sure thing Comrade, I have paperwork to fill out anyway."

"Have fun" He turned his attention to the screen as soon as the bear left.

"Yes Dark? I'm so glad to see you're alright."

"You've got some explaining Morg, how'd Giz lose his memory?"

Morgana was taken aback. Dark had figured it out, but how. She had planned on being honest with him. But she didn't expect he'd pin her like this.

"Um…well I misfired…."

"Who were you aiming for…..?"

Morgana was defeated, however he had come to know, he had figured it out. "Megavolt."

"You were going to make him forget who he was?" Darkwing's voice was grim.

"I was only trying to protect you and Gosylan. I know what I did was wrong…" Morgana tried to explain as best she could. Her face pleaded with honesty.

"You knew that Megavolt was from my past, yet you kept it from me and tried to hide it from him too."

"I'm sorry Dark….I…."

"Morgana, I don't care if you're a witch or not, but no one should be able to control the memories of others."

"Dark I agree…..I…."

"This whole situation could have been avoided. Gizmoduck was almost lost to the forces of manipulative evil genius. Negaduck nearly died. Even Gosylan was put in danger."

Morgana sniffed….This was it…This was how it was going to end….she knew it…"Dark…."

"Can we please just try and not keep secrets from one another…from now on."

"You mean…you're not breaking up with me?"

Darkwing jumped back at that idea, "Why would I do that? Morg I love you. I disagree with what you did, and I'm a bit upset over it, yes….but that's not going to make me throw away our relationship."

"Dark…I love you too…I'm sorry, but I have to know, how'd you figure it out. I mean I was going to tell you, but…"

"Well Morg, I am the world's finest Detective. And it also helped out that I met up with Megavolt and Giz, and between the two of them, the picture started to make sense."

Morgana smiled, "When are you coming home?"

"In a bit, Negaduck still needs some more blood, I'm waiting till they take another batch, then I'll head out."

"So Negaduck is alright? Gosylan is really worried."

"This is Negaduck we're talking about. He doesn't exactly go down and stay that way. Heck, if he could crawl his way out of oblivion just for a chance at revenge, he can take a bullet to the arm."

"Good, I'm glad."

"Grizzlekoff, I think, deserves the most credit. He's making sure all the Doctors and Nurse actually do there jobs and don't neglect him. Otherwise I think it would have been a different story."

"Well finish up, and head home. I can make dinner if you like."

Darkwing's face went a little green. Thankfully, Morgana didn't notice, "Why don't you start without me? This may be a while. I got to go make sure of some things here."

"Ok Dark, you're off the hook…This time."

Darkwing smiled. He really did love her. She was perfect in everyway for him. And for Gosylan too. "Thanks Morg, I got to go….I love you."

"I love you too Dark."

The transmission ended and the Flashquack sped off, back to the tower.

Darkwing indeed had some work to do. He had to make sure of a few things before he left the hospital. He walked down the hallway to see Griz giving some orders to a few guards. They were stationed in front of a room, guns in hand. Very few people had access past that point, but Griz would make an exception to the hero. Slowly Darkwing opened in….

The first thing that be became aware of was the pain. His head hurt like never before. As he tried to move, it just kept getting worse. Where was he? What happened?….

"Rise and Shine, Stealy!" A familiar and annoying voice said.

Steelbeak opened his eyes. He was in a hospital, hooked up to a few monitoring devices. He was dressed in standard issue hospital grabs, and looked like he'd just taken the beating of his life. A curtain him isolated from most of the room. He gazed around, trying to focus, and then his eyes met with a pair of fiery blue ones.

"You come to bring flowers or something Duck?" Steelbeak asked him.

"Hardly!" Darkwing tone wasn't his usual carefree one. He wasn't going to play around with Steelbeak this time.

"Well unless you've come to fill my water pitcher, I'll say good day." Steelbeak really didn't want to give Darkwing a chance to gloat. Darkwing had won the fight, but soon Steelbeak would be back on the streets, and tomorrow would prove another story.

"I just wanted to let you know….Megavolt is off limits."

"You really think I'm gonna listen to you, once I'm outta here…"

"I know you'll escape," Darkwing cut him off, "You always do. I know you're going to go after him because of your shared past. And then I'll come after you. Don't go near him!" Darkwing was dead serious, "I've never crossed that line Steelbeak, don't make me." Darkwing pulled out his gas gun as raised it to Steelbeak's face. His eyes narrowed.

"Is that a treat, Duck? Do you really expect me to believe you have the guts to kill me?"

"I won't kill you Steelbeak, but I don't have to save you." And with that Darkwing pointed the gun to the floor, and poof of blue smoke appeared. Darkwing vanished in an instant.

"And what's that supposed to mean!" Steelbeak shouted.

A part of the curtain suddenly opened. It revealed that Steelbeak apparently had a roommate in his hospital room, a very angry one.

Negaduck sat, sneering in his bed. His wardrobe, too, had been changed to the hospital grabs, except for his mask. A sling held his arm close. He smiled, "I'm going to have to remember to send him a gift basket for this one."

"N…Ne…..Negaduck? But they said you died!"

Outside, the guard thought heard a scuffle going on in the room. However when one of them reached for the door, Agent Grizzlekoff stopped him, "Don't be to hasty Comrade. We can wait 10 minuets." The old bear smiled.

Author's Note: Negaduck finally gets revenge…Mwwwaaahahahahaha. Sorry, I had been looking forward to that for awhile. Did everyone like the Batman Begins quote that DW says to Steely? I'm worried that it was overdone. Will Megs and DW ever be friends again? Only one more chapter, then an epilog, I think. Reviews needed. Thanks.