Charyus flinched as the focusing crystals around his staff started to flash faster. It happened when the elemental domains got a rift to their locations in Dimensional Limbo, and now it was happening again.

"The rulers are preparing their forces.", he muttered.

"And I can't have the ducks messing this event up."

Charyus turned to see Tempus phase into the room looking both irritated and desperate.

"So Keeper of the Future, what brings you here?", Charyus asked.

"Never mind that.", Tempus said harshly, "I need you and the other saurians to intervene."

He snapped his fingers and Siege, Wraith, Chameleon, Pretorius, Medusa and Dragaunus all warped in.

"What's he doing here?", Siege asked referring to Tempus.

"Can it!", Tempus snapped, "Just get out there, and keep the ducks from closing the rifts to the elemental domains!"

Chameleon went pale.

"Um...you mean...go out there?", he asked nervously.

Tempus' expression hardened as the focusing crystals around Charyus' staff floated over to him. Then one floated over to Siege that warped him and Wraith away. Another one came over and warped Medusa and Chameleon away and the remaining two remained by Tempus' side. Dawnbright and Nightslash came in only for another crystal to float to them and warp them away with Pretorius. Dragaunus didn't look too thrilled.

"I'm no underling Keeper.", he said harshly, "I would rather-"

He didn't get to finish cause Charyus warped him and himself away with the remaining focusing crystal leaving Tempus alone.

"Don't let me down.", he muttered as he too warped away.

/

Wildwing felt uneasy as he and Canard headed into the direction of the fire palace.

"Scared?", Canard asked.

Wildwing nodded.

"It's just us here, while Grin is taking Tanya and Nosedive into the sky, Mallory and Duke are heading towards the earth one and the water is currently not being tackled."

"Beg to differ."

Wildwing and Canard paused as Clyde made his way out from nearby and joined the pair.

"Julia is heading in the direction of the water palace and her grandfather Quasleet went too."

"When did you get here?", Canard asked.

" A while ago.", Clyde answered, "Let's just say, we're here to help."

"What about Thrash and Mookie?", Wildwing asked, "Aren't they helping too?"

"They went with Julia.", Clyde answered, "I'm here for the two of you."

"Well, we could use all the help we can get.", Wildwing answered.

They got a little closer and the heat started to rise near the crater where the palace rose surrounded by it's lava moat. It stood like an ill omen against the ash choked sky above it and the huge gates stood with glowing runes along the frame. Wildwing did a scan with the mask.

"There's a massive power source in the center of the complex. That must be where the portal is maintained."

Canard smiled.

"So we disrupt the portal, the whole thing comes down."

Clyde didn't look so sure.

"Sure. The elemental ruler of a domain from Dimensional Limbo is just going to open his doors and allow us to stroll around his home like a house guest while he turns the heat up on the other rulers and plunges the whole world into chaos.", he said sarcastically.

Wildwing thought for a minute.

"What to do?"

At that moment, the door opened and the ducks got down as several large flames came out to form large humanoids with black iron armor and flames where their hands were.

"Well, that got complex.", Canard said.

And then a weird thing happened. Wildwing and Canard felt a force in the air and the enchantium in their pendents shimmered before one in each faded only to be replaced with another.

"Well, that complicates things.", Wildwing said firmly before recognizing that his Flight spell was still there, "At least I can still give us wings."

Clyde pointed to a nearby ledge and after invoking Flight, Wildwing led the trio up to it and peeked over to see nobody was there. They then landed bracing for extreme heat, but surprisingly the ground was cool as if it were ordinary ground. Without another thought, they started heading into the complex.

/

Quasleet and Julia led Thrash and Mookie into the underwater palace where they came up in a pocket of air that was obviously an entrance. Inside, the palace walls were lined with coral, anemones, barnacles and lit lamps. The ground was smooth and polished as if it had just been waxed as the ducks removed their breathing masks.

"Thanks for whipping these up Doc.", Thrash said as he finished getting his off.

Quasleet blushed.

"Hey, inventing is my forte, but save the pleasures for when we send this place back to Limbo without getting caught."

As they made their way through the complex, Mookie and Thrash got into a conversation with Julia.

"So are you really here this time?", Mookie asked her, "Last time you used a hologram like construct device."

"Oh yeah. Grandpa, Clyde and I are here.", Julia answered, "Chroma warped us here on a mission."

They paused as they got behind a set of guards strongly resembling sharks and octopuses slithered past with large tridents in their strong humanoid arms. Quasleet checked a scanner on his wrist and an image of the complex came up with a dot glowing at one spot.

"We're about three feet from it if we drop a level, but we'll attract attention if we make a hole."

Thrash didn't look worried.

"Hey, didn't you have a blowtorch handy?"

Quasleet smiled.

"I guess I did pick up several electronic parts from Electric Land. I almost thought it was another part of Limbo, but apparently this planet made somewhere that actually works in my favor."

He whipped out a small gun after putting the map away and aimed it at the floor.

"Silencers on please."

Julia pulled a small remote from her pocket and pressed a button. A small field came around the group and all sound was cut off completely. Quasleet fired a bright beam at the ground and slowly worked a circle around. After he did that, he placed a pad in the center and with a lift, the hole opened. Thrash, Mookie and Julia hopped down after Julia pressed her remote to deactivate the field and Quasleet dropped after them while slipping the circle back into place. Luckily, Thrash and Mookie caught him before he hit the ground and set him down safely.

"Well, that was easy."

And then a blast came out and the ducks turned to see Pretorius and Medusa at the ready.

"You go no further feathered pests.", Medusa said fiercely as her crown came to life.

/

Chroma observed the events going on in each palace and as elemental soldiers marched out and the fighting between the ducks and the saurians got underway, he felt a bit peeved.

"Tempus dares to intervene does he? Well, two can play at that game.", he muttered.

He snapped his fingers and four large baubles appeared around him, but unfortunately they vanished as Observer and Phage appeared both looking just as peeved.

"What in the name of the space time continuum are you doing?", Phage asked.

Chroma's expression didn't let up.

"In case you didn't already realize, Tempus is violating our deal when he sent the saurians to intercept the ducks."

"And didn't you meddle as well by sending Clyde, Quasleet and Julia to this area under your instructions I might add?", Observer countered.

Chroma sighed heavily.

"Don't tell me you two came all this way from Dimensional Limbo just to say that."

"No.", Phage said firmly, "We came because it looks like you and Tempus are starting up the endgame again and we're interested in this deal you made."

Chroma knew they wouldn't let up so it was better to confess while he could.

"Our deal was that if the one of the ducks survived, he'd stop meddling with them. If not then I back off and let him reshape this time line as he sees it."

Observer and Phage both crossed their arms annoyed.

"And you didn't bring this up to us because why?", Phage asked.

"It was just us at the time.", Chroma answered, "If you two are just here to give me your attitude then you're out of luck."

"Luck does not play a part.", Phage said sounding calmer now, "Observe the window if you please."

A bauble appeared which showed The ducks driving the saurians away with Wildwing and Canard facing off against Dragaunus and Charyus last.

"Looks like Clyde is out of commission.", Observer stated as the bauble gave a glimpse of Clyde on the ground with his form phasing in and out and his belt buckle sparking, "The time matter in his belt buckle has ruptured."

"And soon he'll return to his moment in time.", Phage answered, "But the Elemental Armageddon as Tempus calls this will not come to pass."

Now the bauble showed Canard and Wildwing carrying Clyde out of the fire palace as the place began to shake violently and get sucked through the rift it came from.

"It seems the elemental lords got wind of the disturbances in their domains and remedied the situation.", Chroma said calmly, "And knowing the saurians, they warped away the moment they were on the losing side or when this happened."

"And Tempus?", Phage asked.

Observer simple tapped the bauble.

"Just watch if you please."

/

Wildwing and Canard had gotten a good distance away as the fire palace finally faded leaving a charred landscape where it once resided.

"Geez, I almost had that lizard that time.", Canard said sounding a bit peeved.

Clyde had managed to regain his form enough so that it didn't phase as often as before.

"Charyus' spell sure did a damage on my time belt. I'm happy he didn't break it or I would be back in my own time again."

Wildwing raised an eyebrow.

"So why did you come back here?"

And that was when a large energy shot fired out and sent the trio in different directions. Tempus formed where the shot hit and man did he look crazy.

"You birds have interfered for the last time!", he yelled.

He snapped his fingers and in less than an instant the ducks found themselves bound and lifted off the ground as Tempus got near Wildwing.

"You may have altered this time line, but I will see to it you don't live long enough to see it come to pass."

He paused as the Aerowing started approaching.

"Oh please.", he said sounding bored, "Still you fight that which can't be fought?"

He waved his hand and the Aerowing halted in midair and hung there before Tempus turned to Wildwing again.

"All I did was for the best and you dared to stick your beaks where they didn't belong.", Tempus said as he tore the mask off Wildwing's face, "I swore that I would see you die here today."

He raised a hand to have a large scythe blade appear, but before he brought it down, another blade showed up and stabbed him through the back. Chroma then appeared and holding the blade looked Tempus in the eye.

"You're the reason the future is threatened Tempus. Not the ducks, not me, you."

Tempus frowned as he phased away and reappeared unharmed and floating above the whole thing.

"Shall we?"

Chroma sneered as his blade formed a sword.

"After seeing the ducks almost perish because you switched their magic around? I have one thing to say and that is BRING IT ON!"

Tempus dropped Wildwing's mask and formed his scythe again before the two Keepers clashed in the air.

/

The ensuing fight was both fierce and beautiful to behold. With every clash, a wave of energy rippled out from the two causing plants to grow fast, stone to erode, and mass to bend violently. Fortunately the ducks nor the Aerowing were effected by this, but Wildwing noticed the mask near his bound fingers.

"If I could only get it.", he thought as he tried maneuvering himself over.

Tempus and Chroma collided again only now they were locked in each other's faces.

"There will always be another threat to creation Chroma.", Tempus said firmly, "You can't kill the future."

Chroma's expression hardened as he clutched his sword blade causing massive sparks and lighting to flare from the interaction with Tempus' scythe.

"At least I can make a future where you don't have a place in it.", Chroma answered just as firm.

Wildwing was about to touch the mask when a bolt from the Keeper's struggle hurled his way. Clyde thought fast and used his feet as a launchpad to send himself before the bolt and intercepted before it hit the mask only to take the hit himself. He landed before Wildwing as his form phased to where he almost vanished completely before reforming only to do it again while looking in severe pain.

"Clyde, why?", Wildwing asked.

Clyde gave a weak smile.

"I did what I had to do.", he answered though it looked painful for him to say it, "For the future and for us."

He started to phase again only this time, he wasn't reforming.

"Look after your family.", he said, "Home is not far away."

And at that moment, he vanished entirely. Wildwing felt horrible, but he took the mask and after a bit of effort, got it back on his face. Chroma and Tempus were continuing their struggle only for another bolt to hit the Aerowing and it broke out of the time freeze Tempus trapped it in.

"Whoa, what am I seeing?", Nosedive asked when the Aerowing came back on.

Thrash and Mookie were in too much awe of what they were seeing.

"Hey, it's the Alternative against the Future!", Duke joked.

Mallory didn't look amused.

"Hey, we need to get our fellow ducks out of there before the Keeper's struggle wipes them out of creation."

That was all the others had to hear. They drove the Aerowing through the chaos and landed near Wildwing and Canard. Tanya invoked Nature(which she had during the swap) to lift them to the side where Grin and Julia helped them inside.

"Dive, get us out of here!", Wildwing ordered.

"That's a roger!", Nosedive answered before he turned the Aerowing around and hit the gas.

At that moment, a large flash went off enveloping the whole area and the duck's had to cover their eyes.

/

As the light died down, the ducks found themselves still in the Aerowing and hovering where Tempus and Chroma fought only to see Chroma standing in front of them badly hurt, but still alive.

"Well, that was fun.", Chroma said calmly.

He noticed Wildwing's expression and raised an eyebrow.

"I sense the leader is feeling distraught."

Wildwing sighed.

"Clyde gave himself up to save our future.", he said.

"Then why grieve?"

The ducks turned to see Clyde standing calmly in the back.

"What's everyone so worried about?"

Clyde came over only to get confused expressions while Chroma chuckled.

"You brought him back didn't you?", Canard asked him.

"He earned his place in this time line.", Chroma answered, "I'm sorry for all the trouble Tempus and I caused you."

"Hey, it's just another three part episode filled with drama, adventure and suspense.", Nosedive said cheerfully(breaking the fourth wall as usual), "So what's going to happen now that Tempus is gone?"

Observer and Phage appeared alongside Chroma while facing the ducks.

"Chroma killed Tempus which by dimensional law means now Chroma has to take up the mantle as the new Keeper of the Future."

"Isn't he already a keeper?", Mookie asked.

"We made that part up so he could work closer to us.", Phage admitted, "The damage here will be reversed, but before we go, there are three ducks here that need to go back."

Nosedive turned to Julia with a look of worry as she, Quasleet and Clyde started to vanish away.

"Julia, I...well I don't know how to say this but-"

Julia just pulled him close to her and kissed him right on the lips.

"How's that?", she asked when they parted.

A sappy smile came across Nosedive's face as she, Quasleet and Clyde almost vanished.

"That was all I needed.", he said before he fell to the ground.

Wildwing rolled his eyes as the Keepers vanished along with Julia, Quasleet and Clyde.

"Nosedive, what would we do without you?"

At that moment a transmission came in.

"Is everyone okay?", Klegghorn asked.

"We're cool.", Wildwing answered as he steered the Aerowing in the direction of the Pond and headed over there with the team(excluding Nosedive and Morpha) laughed out loud.