The ducks got the Aerowing on the roof of a nearby building and saw the chaos underway.

"Well this is great.", Mallory said firmly, "The world is on the verge of total chaos and we're in the dead center of it with not HQ, barely enough weapons and the Migrator."

Canard looked concerned and clearly still having head migraines.

"What we need is a way to prevent this from going any further.", Wildwing said firmly, "Those things are going to be on us any minute and we need to close those rifts before they get any worse."

Nosedive checked the dashboard.

"Well the particle projection cannon is online.", he reported.

Grin looked unsure.

"The bad karma is gaining strength at an alarming rate.", he said trying to sound sagely, but his voice was showing signs of fear, "

Thrash took a breath.

"Hey, doesn't Dragaunus' gateway thing need to be stabilized or it could overload or something?"

Tanya looked thoughtful.

"Yeah. With the rifts of this size, that thing has to give off some kind of energy output and if I can find some way to deflect it, the energy will be redirected."

"And the rifts will collapse on themselves.", Duke added smiling.

At that moment, an alarm on the dashboard rang and Tanya got to it.

"It's about to go off!", she said in shock.

Nosedive got out Create and did a quick scribble just as the energy wave came out. The ducks watched the radar and saw the energy wave pause and then go in the opposite direction. The sky crackled with lightning and the rifts that had opened shook violently and started to collapse on themselves, but that only made the place even more chaotic than it already was. Now the Aerowing was being tossed like a leaf in a hurricane while the large invaders tried holding on like their lives depended on it. The Aerowing managed to avoid getting sucked into a rift just as it was about to collapse completely, bu then it paused and opened up again to let giant armor pieces fly out and latch on to the invaders which rose up now with armor, cannons and giant saw blades.

"Well that worked well.", Klegghorn said sarcastically, "Now the invading aliens have been armed!"

/

Back on Puckworld, Danielle had taken a break to get a breather. Though she knew Clyde and Julia weren't far behind, she felt a bit alone.

"Something on your mind?"

Danielle paused.

"Who's there?", she asked nervously.

"Relax. I don't bite."

Danielle looked around wondering who said that, but so far nothing had moved on that street. Then she turned to a roof top where she noticed a shimmering dust cloud float down to the ground not far from her. The sight both intrigued and unnerved her at the same time.

"Allow me to slip into a more familiar form."

The cloud grew bright and Danielle noticed another duck materialize from it. It was male though his clothes looked torn at the sleeves and knees. His dark brown hair was halfway down his neck and his pale tan feathers looked a bit off.

"There, is this better?", he asked very pleasant.

Danielle just stared. How did he do that? The duck raised an eyebrow.

"What? I got something on my face?"

Danielle managed to work up a bit of courage, but she backed away a bit.

"Who are you?", she asked.

The duck smiled and gave a bow.

"The name's Adam and yours?"

Danielle got interested.

"Adam? As in Adam DeCoy? The genetic scientist?"

"Yep, that's me.", Adam answered her, "So what would your name be?"

"Danielle.", Danielle answered growing more at ease, "Danielle Angelwing."

Adam's face went into an expression of pure awe.

"No way, not "the" Danielle Angelwing. The world famous crush of Canard Thunderbeak?"

Danielle began losing her fear and just got confused. Why was this guy treating her like she was a celebrity? Then she noticed that Adam's back had a large tarp covering it and Adam saw she was and his cheeks turned pink.

"What's that?", she asked.

Adam sighed.

"Promise you won't freak out when I show you?"

Danielle nodded and Adam reached up and let the tarp fall away revealing large reptile wings that opened and folded over his shoulders creating a cape.

"What do you think?"

Danielle was surprised, but only for a moment.

"How did you get those?", she asked.

"Another time.", Adam said his face growing serious, "Right now, we got a situation on our hands. You can't leave Quasleet alone, he's in danger."

Danielle looked more confused.

"Danger? From who?"

Adam then tensed, but Clyde showed up out of nowhere and pinned Adam down.

"Who are you?!", Clyde snapped, "Who are you and what are you doing here?!"

Julia came up behind him and got to Danielle who was more than surprised.

"Whoa Clyde, I think this guy is safe."

Clyde's eyes narrowed.

"Anything that is part saurian is-"

He paused when he noticed a familiar belt on Adam's waist(that surprisingly even I missed) and then turned to Adam's eyes.

"Did Chroma send you?"

Adam nodded just as an explosion went off not far away.

"We'll talk on the way.", Clyde said getting off Adam, "Let's move!"

And that was what they did with Adam flying alongside them.

/

Dragaunus grinned as he saw the inhabitants of Sauria run rampant and engage the ducks with their new metal armor and weaponry with Cerebellum's hologram image and Charyus alongside him.

"I would say that the mechanical exoskeleton parts I sent are working like a dream.", Cerebellum said with glee.

"More like a nightmare for the people on Earth.", Charyus stated, "The focusing iris has been disrupted, but the gateway generator will still be unphased by Nosedive's pitiful attempt to do so."

"And our third member?", Cerebellum asked, "Has she held up her end of our plan?"

"It matters not.", Dragaunus said clearly unmoved by what he was witnessing, "Those miserable mallards are finished and once they fall, I'll be able to rebuild the saurian empire after bringing the war fleet from Dimensional Limbo and crush this planet flat."

At that moment, a transmission came in and Lucretia's face came up on the screen.

"The duck's gateway has been apprehended.", Lucretia reported proudly.

"You've done well Lucretia.", Dragaunus said, " I admit I was wrong to have sent you to Dimensional Limbo after the first time you came here, but if I hadn't we wouldn't be here today. Did you find the scientist working on it?"

Lucretia reached over and pulled Quasleet into view who looked horrified to see Dragaunus.

"I trust you're confused as to seeing my kind again Dr. Quasleet.", Dragaunus said showing his toothy smile.

Quasleet's eyes went wider.

"You sent Lucretia?!", he asked in shock.

"No.", Lucretia answered, "I came on my own. But this will make a nice trap for the second half of the duck's forces here on Puckworld."

Dragaunus nodded.

"Feel free to do so Lucretia. We're handling things perfectly here."

Lucretia hung up and Dragaunus noticed that the inhabitants of Sauria were still fighting with the ducks, but the ducks were showing signs of fatigue which was all he had to see before turning to Charyus.

"I trust your bodyguards are in place to engage the next phase?"

"They were born ready my lord.", Charyus said smiling, "They should be breaking through reality by now."

/

Thrash and Mookie flew inside the gliders towards the waterfront where a tear in reality was forming.

"I sure hope that the other ducks have things in hand.", Thrash said.

Mookie looked concerned.

"Than we better step on it!"

They saw a rift forming near the waters, but when they flew in closer, a strong magnetic force snared them and their gliders started plummeting to the ground. Luckily they managed to launch themselves out before the gliders hit the ground and blew up. Then they were each feeling a sharp blade at the neck as they turned to see Dawnbright and Nightslash with their rune blades drawn out and over them with sinister smiles.

"Did you birds honestly believe that you could get this close to the bodyguards of Lord Charyus unless we allowed it?", Dawnbright asked.

Nightslash observed each one and her smile got broader.

"So the ducks send two of the weaker members against us eh?", she asked, "An intriguing tactic, but sadly it was all in vain."

Mookie tried not to look scared.

"So what are you going to do? Kill us?"

Dawnbright and Nightslash both chuckled.

"We're not.", Dawnbright said calmly.

"He is.", Nightslash stated.

And then the rift tore open to reveal a large armored saurian about Dragaunus' height that clearly was regal by the way the armor was encrusted with fine jewels complimenting his royal blue silks. Strongly resembling a tyrannosaurus rex, but with humanoid reptilian arms and a blade tipped tail swinging side to side, the new saurian looked upon the two ducks and narrowed his dark eyes.

"I grace the vermin of this planet with my image and what do I find?", he asked coldly, "A war against my version of prosperity and grandness."

Thrash and Mookie both frowned as the saurian continued to observe them and chuckled.

"I can feel you shaking.", he smirked, "And soon you'll both have the honor of serving the most powerful force in creation."

"And who do you think you are?", Thrash asked.

The saurian frowned as his gauntlets flared with magic.

"I am Zarel. Current emperor of the exiled saurian race. Know it, fear it, obey it."

"A bold statement your excellency.", Nightslash said bowing while not taking her blade away from Thrash's neck.

"We humbly grace your presence.", Dawnbright added bowing the same way while keeping her blade at Mookie's neck.

Zarel then darkened his expression.

"Dispose of them.", he said harshly, " I must make preparations in Limbo."

Dawnbright and Nightslash both grinned evilly as the emperor turned and returned through the rift that closed behind him.

"With pleasure.", they both said in unification.

Thrash and Mookie both looked horrified as the blade edge graced the feathers on their neck, but fortunately something rattled the ground and the saurians lost balance causing their grip to slip and allow Thrash and Mookie to get free of them and into fighting positions while the two saurians got into fighting stances also.

/

Meanwhile on Puckworld, Lucretia was clearly enjoying herself as the drones Cerebellum sent her started disassembling parts of the gateway while assembling other areas of it and Quasleet was still shaking from seeing saurians again.

"It won't be long now.", she purred, "After the drones make some adjustments, Dragaunus will have the means to bring forth the new empire."

Quasleet was gaining his resolve.

"And you think he'll have a place for you?", he asked, "You think that selling out innocent lives will earn you favor with those monsters?"

Lucretia's smile didn't flinch.

"Did you honestly believe I would go that far? Once I have Dragaunus in position and the empire soon rises, I'll have the means to assassinate the emperor himself and claim his crown and his throne for myself. I've studied saurian law and it decrees so."

Quasleet didn't budge.

"And why keep me alive?", he asked, "If your drones here can be such great builders, why am I still here?"

Lucretia pointed to a screen that showed Clyde, Julia, and Danielle heading towards the building.

"You're the bait to lure them here. I'll be back in a flash."

She snapped her fingers and she vanished away. Quasleet was taken aback. Lucretia always was a champion liar, but some of the things she said made sense.

"I have to get out of this before Julia and the other two try anything.", he muttered to himself doubting the drones even bothered to pay attention, "I have to make sure Lucretia doesn't get the chance to carry out her goal or we're in hot water."

He thought for a minute and then an idea came to mind.

"Hey! I nee to go to the bathroom!"

The drones kept working. Seeing that didn't flinch them, Quasleet scooted over to a series of exposed wires near him.

"Now if I remember right, the green and red wire crossing should work as a counter for these energy bands Lucretia has on me."

He did a quick glance and saw the drones were still busy. He gripped the wires in his hand and in one motion swung them to his bindings. He felt the electricity flow and his bindings go off and on for a couple minutes and then they fell away. Quasleet didn't think twice cause he got up and dashed to the open door and was about to rush outside when the door opened to reveal Julia, Clyde and Danielle frozen in place with several other drones armed and poised and Lucretia hovering near them looking smug.

"Nice try, but you underestimate my resourcefulness."

Quasleet hid behind a dumpster nearby as his mind raced.

"Great.", he muttered to himself, "I bust out of enemy captivity and now I have to rescue my granddaughter and the others."

/

Back on Earth, Wildwing and Canard were catching their breath. They had manage to subdue the invading forces, but they were low on energy for their enchantium and who knows how the other groups fared.

"This is a situation.", Canard said firmly, "Dragaunus must be off his rocker today."

Wildwing's eyes narrowed.

"And the metal attachments are clearly Cerebellum's work."

At that moment, the waves at the beach broke apart as the Raptor flew out and shot a beam that opened a giant rift in the sky.

"Now what?", Wildwing asked.

As if to answer him, Charyus' astral image appeared.

"Enjoying the end of your world?", he asked.

Wildwing and Canard both looked concerned and annoyed.

"What's Lizard Lips up to?", Wildwing demanded.

Charyus cackled.

"We teamed up with some foes you've encountered and soon, Puckworld will be conquered again. Only this time, the resistance will never again form."

Wildwing tensed. Charyus then conjured several baubles that showed Nosedive and Duke facing off against some of the inhabitants from Sauria, Mallory and Tanya were locked in fighting some mechanical terrors, Grin and Morpha were keeping Phil and Klegghorn safe from other invading forces and the last one showed Julia, Clyde and Danielle bound and tied near the gateway generator Quasleet was trying to make with Lucretia hovering over them with a malicious smile.

"In a few moments, the saurian war fleet will return from Limbo and the emperor will arrive on Puckworld.", Charyus smirked, "And you ducks can't intervene and stop it."

Wildwing tried to look unnerved, but behind it, he was paralyzed with distraught. Canard however didn't look so worried.

"We'll stop you Charyus."

Charyus raised an eyebrow.

"By the time you have what it takes to stop me Thunderbeak, you'll already be dead and buried seven feet under the new saurian empire."

Charyus cackled as his astral image dissipated leaving the two drakes to recollect themselves.

"We need to stop this.", Wildwing stated, "But how?"

Canard put his hand on Wildwing's shoulder.

"Don't give up so fast.", he said, "Well live."

To be continued...