Hurling through the vast reaches of space, a large alien ship sped through, while three mysterious aliens lay at the controls. At that moment, a transmission came in and the screen showed a humanoid chicken dressed in fine silks, gold bracelets and wearing blue eyeshadow to compliment her dark gray eyes. She adjusted the gold tiara on her head before she spoke.
"You're wondering why I called you three to this mission of importance?"
The three figures nodded.
"I have received disturbing images from our earthbound cousins.", she continued, "Just look at our brethren imprisoned, forced to grow beyond natural growth, crushed on purpose and all for them to be slaughtered and devoured."
The screen showed chickens inside a crowded warehouse, injected with needles and growing fast and then a plate of fried chicken and mashed potatoes. The three passengers gasped in shock as the screen showed the human race.
"By these primitives.", the caller finished.
The three figures growled as they came into the light to reveal they were also chicken humanoids wearing dark green suits and tribal tattoos on their faces.
"Those brethren of ours will not suffer much longer.", one answered, "I, Drace shall sharpen my blades with their skulls."
"And my intellect will prove useful to our cause.", another added.
"Can it Hector!", the third(who's name was Sworg) barked, "The empress will not be pleased if her best spies fought among each other."
The empress then reappeared on the screen with a look of fierce determination and pure rage.
"Now, go to Earth and destroy those primitives.", she sneered.
The three gave a salute, but the empress' expression darkened further.
"Or...don't come back at all!", she added, "Do I make myself clear?!"
"Crystal your grace.", they all said with pride, "Those pitiful humans won't even know what hit them."
The empress didn't look amused. She still had that look on her face as she hung up. An alarm went off and Drace checked it.
"We're approaching the Solar System now."
Sworg gripped the wheel and activated the warp drive. They would arrive very shortly.
/
"Why are we going all the way out here to a farm again?", Tanya asked sounding annoyed.
Duke rolled his eyes.
"Something about getting into the harvesting before the holidays.", he answered.
Wildwing and Canard groaned as the Migrator pulled into the countryside. Phil was on board but he was in a good mood.
"Hey, where else can these farmers get alien ducks to show how great their crops are doing?"
Klegghorn pulled Phil aside.
"I thought this was supposed to be a day off for them.", he said firmly, "After all that elemental chaos a few days ago, the mayor wants us to take it easy while the place gets fixed up."
"Hey, I would've had the whole city rebuilt in less than a few minutes if my Create didn't run out of ink.", Nosedive(who just happened to overhear) put in.
Morpha had been laying under Nosedive's chair appearing to be asleep and the sounds and bumps in the road didn't bother it. Then the Migrator pulled up to a large barn with a large flock of sheep in the meadow nearby, some chickens around the front with a few pigs in a pen on the side and a couple horses were out with the sheep and a herd of cows.
As the ducks got out, the aroma hit their nostrils and Nosedive, Thrash and Mookie all looked less than impressed.
"So this is where we're spending the day?", Thrash asked, "Totally bogus."
"I second that.", Mookie added, "This is worse than visiting our grandma's for the week and being bored out of our skulls."
"Not to mention they probably don't have television or and video games.", Nosedive grumbled.
"Hey, that's no way to get into the spirit of things.", Canard said trying to sound like he was on board, "Farm work can be fun once you get the swing of things."
Wildwing noticed that nobody seemed to be around at the time and turned to Phil.
"Um Phil, you did make sure that our hosts were here right?"
Phil looked nervous.
"Well...you see...they kind of left on vacation and I...told them that you guys could...watch their...farm for a bit til...they...get...back."
Canard's facade instantly vanished.
"Why is it Phil gets us the most embarrassing gigs?", Mallory grumbled.
"He just does.", Wildwing said clearly not liking this any more than the others were.
/
By the end of the day, the ducks flopped into the beds that were made for them. Luckily the house was pretty big and there were a couple guest rooms so there was hardly a reason nobody wouldn't have a bed, but they had to share. Nosedive, Thrash, Mookie and Morpha took a guest room and clearly not looking too happy.
"Dudes, I'm more than worn out.", Thrash said as he wiped his brow.
"I've slipped in that mud of the pig's pen fourteen times before I finally got the trough filled and got out.", Mookie added, "I'm just happy Morpha was around to clean us up while it wasn't rounding up sheep."
Morpha dropped to the floor obviously just as worn out. Nosedive looked at the ceiling and clearly wasn't in a good mood.
"'Try and bear it', big bro says. 'It'll be good for your health', he says. I'd rather be fighting Dragaunus and whatever interstellar creeps the universe has to offer.", he grumbled.
It wasn't long before they gathered enough strength to go to the bathroom and brush their teeth(please don't ask why they have teeth cause I don't know myself). By the look of things, the other ducks had gone to bed already, but when Nosedive was about to put his brush to his mouth, a bright light came from outside. He along with Thrash and Mookie got to the window to notice something glowing in the barn.
"What is that?", Mookie asked.
Nosedive smiled.
"Finally some suspense for this episode.", he said cheerfully(breaking the fourth wall as usual).
In a few minutes, they had gotten outside with Morpha alongside them and with flashlights. When they got to the barn, the lights had gone dark.
"So, who's going in?", Mookie asked as she clutched her saber.
Then the door slid open. The ducks and Morpha tensed.
"Whatever is coming out of there is not going to look pretty.", Nosedive said.
Then a large egg the size of a soccer ball rolled out and stopped a few feet away.
"Huh, it's a large egg.", Thrash said a little surprised.
Nosedive raised an eyebrow.
"That's weird, for a second or two I thought it was going to be a-"
He was cut off cause that was when the egg opened into a cannon and doused them with a thick cloud of gas that made them cough and gag. Morpha shrank instantly to avoid the gas, but the ducks weren't so lucky. After a couple more coughs, they fell to the ground unconscious as the cannon then shifted into a hover disc with large metal tentacles that started to wrap around the trio and lift them off the ground. Morpha then leaped on to Nosedive's shoulder and hung there as the disc carried the ducks back inside the barn and the doors closed behind it.
/
As the sun rose, the rooster gave a crow that got everyone up. As the ducks got downstairs, something began to stand out and Wildwing was the first to notice.
"Hey, has anyone seen Dive?", he asked, "And where's Thrash and Mookie?"
Grin looked unsure.
"I'm starting to feel seriously bad karma as I think about what might have transpired last night.", he said sagely.
Phil and Klegghorn came in last and Klegghorn looked unsure.
"Hey, why are we three ducks short?", he asked, "If some kind of alien activity is going on here-"
Then the house started to shake and the ducks were almost off their feet.
"Another earthquake?", Mallory asked.
Canard frowned.
"Not quake. A lift off."
Then a large crash came from outside. The ducks shifted into their battle gear while they headed outside to see the barn completely blown apart and a large tentacled space ship hovering over where it was. Canard's expression hardened.
"What is that thing?", Wildwing asked.
"Cluckzerkers.", Canard answered.
"What the heck is a cluckzerker?", Klegghorn asked.
At that moment, a hologram of three humanoid chickens came projecting out of the side of the ship.
"Are you the race in charge here?", the middle said harshly.
Phil ducked behind Grin who just pulled him out.
"What business do you intergalactic poultry have here on this planet?", Klegghorn asked harshly.
The one on the left frowned.
"For centuries, the human race has enslaved, devoured and murdered our kin, but no more. A demonstration!"
The holograms dispersed and a large ray gun came out the other side and zapped the hen house. At first nothing happened, then the thing exploded to reveal more of the chicken humanoids only wearing dark pants, looking really tough and just as mean. The ship flew off after it retracted it's beam and the chicken humanoids charged.
/
Nosedive slowly gained focus only to find himself against a wall with his wrists and ankles.
"Whoa, this is seriously whacked.", he muttered.
He looked around to see that he was near the cockpit with Thrash and Mookie alongside him in the same position, but in the same situation he was in. He turned to see three chicken humanoids wearing green uniforms and high tech belts with their backs turned to them.
"Hey.", Nosedive said firmly.
The chicken humanoids didn't respond or react.
"Hey!", Nosedive said again, "I'm talking to you over here!"
A large ax shot out and hit the wall near his head missing by only a few centimeters with a clang as one of the chicken humanoids turned around looking irritated.
"So..why exactly are you here?", Nosedive asked.
The chicken got up and came over to take the ax out.
"Disturb us and the next time I use this will be to remove your head from your shoulders.", he sneered.
Nosedive noticed a name tag on the left side of the chest area.
"So, you're name is Drace?", Nosedive asked, "What are you and why are you-"
Drace brought the blade of the ax only mere millimeters from Nosedive's face.
"If I wasn't busy with our orders, then I would've killed you last night when you were-"
At that moment a tendril came out from Nosedive's hair and whacked the ax away. Drace looked angry.
"So your hair has a defense eh?", he asked turning to the other two, "Hey Hector, get your plasma rifle set. And Sworg, get us into position to evolve more of our kin."
Hector got up, but then Morpha exploded from Nosedive's hair, wrapped several tendrils around Drace and sent him flying into Hector who got out a rifle and came to see what was up. Sworg turned in his chair only to see Morpha use a couple tendrils to press a button which released Nosedive, Thrash and Mookie(who were both waking up). Nosedive fired a bola shot from his puck blaster which tied up Sworg and made him fall over. Morpha took him over to the other two and tied them up while Nosedive took the driver's seat and took over.
"Dive are you sure you can drive this thing?", Thrash asked as he and Mookie came over.
"Hey, I got the Aerowing up and running on my first time didn't I?", he answered cheerfully.
Mookie then noticed a book on the dashboard with "Cluckzerker Ship Controls for Beginners" for the title.
"Well, that's convenient.", she said as she opened it up, "Now let's see how we work this thing."
/
Back on the ground, Wildwing hit the gas as the Migrator drove down the road.
"Let me get this straight.", Klegghorn said firmly, "Those are savage alien warrior chickens bent on universal domination?"
Canard nodded.
"They were a real competitor against the saurian empire, but since Drake DuCaine sent the saurians to Dimensional Limbo, the cluckzerkers gained an opening and gained enough ground to amass an army to conquer other planets and make room for more of their kind."
"Any idea what those chickens want?", Duke asked.
"They'll evolve more of the chickens on Earth into what we just fought back there.", Canard answered.
"And then they'll wipe out any other race they deem unworthy of serving their cause.", Mallory put in.
Tanya looked thoughtful.
"Well, if I could get up there, I could sabotage the ship and make it crash out of the sky."
At that moment a transmission came in.
"Hey ducks, you guys okay?", Nosedive asked on the other end.
"Nosedive?!", Wildwing asked in disbelief, "Where the heck are you?"
"Right above you.", Nosedive answered.
Wildwing parked the Migrator just in time to see the cluckzerker ship fly down and project a hologram of Nosedive, Thrash and Mookie.
"Hey big bro, what do you think of my new ride?"
Canard looked alarmed.
"Nosedive, that ship is rigged with an automated self-destruct mechanism!"
"A what?!", Thrash asked in shock.
"When someone other than a cluckzerker operates the controls, the ship is programmed to self-destruct to avoid capture!", Canard called out.
The holograms of Nosedive, Thrash and Mookie vanished instantly and the ship started to shake and spark wildly. It shot upward, but luckily, Nosedive, Thrash and Mookie jumped out before it got too high and blew up. As they plummeted to the ground, Morpha formed in between them and after pulling them to itself with a few tendrils, it flattened itself and formed a parachute that slowed the trio's fall enough for them to land on the Migrator softly.
"Well, that went well.", Thrash said.
Then a large piece of the ship landed in front of the Migrator and blew up which cause the Migrator to almost flip over, but Morpha used a few tendrils to prevent that. Wildwing turned the Migrator around and headed back to the Pond. The farm owners would soon arrive, but Nosedive had Create clean up the place as they drove by.
/
Sworg, Hector and Drace got out of their bindings and they were feeling more than angry.
"I suppose you want us to thank you for saving us?", Sworg said as he and his fellow cluckzerkers got to their feet.
Before their ship blew apart, the trio were warped out and now inside a laboratory of some kind with large machine parts hanging on the walls with blueprints on a drawing board hanging on another wall. Professor Cerebellum came out of the shadows with Dr. Droid in his little helicopter/octopus body hovering near him.
"Well, when I got out of Dimensional Limbo thanks to the little teleporter prototype I developed and intercepted your transmission, I just knew you'd be here for something."
Drace looked annoyed.
"We may have been ill prepared for those pond paddling meddlers, but once we're back at full strength, those birds won't be so lucky."
Cerebellum looked thoughtful.
"You know, I've been planning my next big take over, but my machines lack the force needed to make that happen."
Hector smiled.
"You know Professor, my intellect could be beneficial to your cause due to it helping out our cause."
Cerebellum smiled back, but Droid wasn't happy.
"You think you three can help us out when it's clear that-"
Cerebellum reached up and tapped his power down button before he finished and he fell into Cerebellum's hand.
"So then, we help you get rid of those ducks and you help us take over the world.", Sworg said coming forward.
"Indeed.", Cerebellum said placing an open hand at arm's length.
Sworg put his hand into it with Hector following, but Drace didn't look so sure.
"I'm a certified killing instinct infused soldier not a hireling.", he said harshly, "I'm more than capable of handling forces myself."
Cerebellum didn't look phased.
"What if I told you I could cybernetic infuse you so your strength is unmatched by any individual in the galaxy?"
Drace then put his hand on top of his fellow cluckzerkers smiling devilishly.
"Those ducks won't know what hit them."
Then the four cackled which rang out of the hidden laboratory in the Anaheim junkyard which nobody above ground heard over heavy machinery as the Migrator reentered Anaheim and headed to the Pond.