Canard crouched beside Wildwing as the two gazed over the railing that was behind a bunch of crates. Nosedive, Duke and Tanya had come too and they observed Charyus, Nightslash, Dawnbright, Siege, Chameleon and Wraith fidgeting with something.

"What could those lizards be up to now?", Nosedive asked quietly.

Tanya then yelped.

"Ow! I think I sprained my-", she paused as the saurians looked the ducks' way, "Oops."

The saurians then attacked with Wraith conjuring fireballs, Chameleon firing plasma shots, and Siege with a cannon.

"So nice of you birds to drop in.", Charyus purred without moving, "You're just in time to bear witness to my new spell."

Charyus snapped his fingers and a wave of acid green liquid formed a large humanoid elemental that slid forward leaving behind a melted path as Dawnbright and Nightslash drew out their rune blades. Being inside a warehouse ment the ducks were a bit tight on space, but they opened fire and assaulted as the thing came forward.

"Oh great, a giant acid elemental and scales is not what I call a good morning breakfast.", Nosedive commented.

Canard and Duke engaged Dawnbright and Nightslash while Tanya and Nosedive exchanged fire with the saurians until Siege pressed a button on what looked like a bomb.

"Set and ready to blow.", he stated.

Charyus waved his hand and the saurians warped away leaving the elemental behind. When the ducks saw the bomb, Wildwing looked alarmed.

"If that bomb blows, it'll scatter this acid all over the district!"

"Leave it to me.", Nosedive said pulling Create out, "One containment coming right up."

After a scribble, the ducks ran out and a dome formed over the warehouse just as the bomb went off. The dome held until the green acid slid down and melted into the ground then it dispersed.

"Well that went well.", Duke said polishing his saber.

Canard sighed.

"So close and yet so far."

The Migrator came up around the bend and shifted into Morpha who looked confused.

"We didn't get them Morpha.", Wildwing said as the ducks came over, "But we stopped them from unleashing an acid wave across the joint."

Canard then felt something like an omen. An omen of dread and he looked disturbed by it.

"Canard?", Wildwing asked, "You okay?"

Canard thought fast.

"Yeah, just...just a feeling."

/

Back on Puckworld, Julia and Clyde met up at the statue of DuCaine and both looked concerned and worried.

"No luck.", Clyde stated.

Julia nodded.

"We searched all night and still no sign of Danielle or Lucretia.", she said "Why would Lucretia take Danielle?"

"Probably cause she's needed for something.", Clyde guessed, "I just hope Adam gets his belt fixed."

"Already done."

Julia and Clyde looked to see Adam standing nearby with his wings folded over his shoulders and his belt looked right as rain.

"Adam, what are you doing out here?", Julia asked, "People could see you."

Adam didn't look worried.

"It's still early morning. Nobody is up this early."

Clyde noticed Adam's belt and then met his eyes again.

"So why did Chroma send you to this time zone?", he asked.

Adam shrugged.

"I'm as confused as you are, but I'm guessing that it revolves around Danielle."

Julia then snapped her fingers.

"Hey Adam, doesn't Lucretia have hunter drones with her?"

Adam smiled.

"And Danielle still has a com that gives off a homing signal."

"We've tried that.", Clyde stated, "No luck."

"Well you didn't expect my sister to make this easy did you?", Adam answered still smiling, "Let's think, you're a traitor to your race turned abomination, you have a way to change back and you need a pretty girl to make it happen, but you want nobody to find you til you've done what you needed. Where would you go?"

Julia and Clyde thought for a minute.

"Somewhere nobody would go.", Julia put in.

"And somewhere only I know about.", Clyde added.

Adam pulled out a map and pressed to one area marked "The Icelands".

"Picked up a heat source barely able to be detected by radar.", Adam answered, "By most, but not by me."

"You feel heat at far distances?", Julia asked.

"There's a lot of things I can do.", Adam answered, "But right now we need to find Danielle before Lucretia does something horrible."

/

Danielle struggled against the energy bands that bound her wrists and ankles, but no avail. Lucretia stood by with a mirror cauldron where something bubbled and frothed. And turned to her captive by the wall smiling devilishly.

"Comfortable are we?"

Danielle gulped. Something foul was hanging around here, but what? As if to answer her, Lucretia came over and removed the communicator from her wrist and placed it on her own.

"What are you going to do with me?", Danielle asked.

Lucretia pulled out a ritual dagger from her belt and gripped Danielle's arm.

"Your blood.", she purred.

Danielle flinched as Lucretia sliced her arm and placed a finger where the blood was flowing.

"By innocent blood, my form returns and with my vengeance the innocent soul will fall.", Lucretia stated.

Danielle watched in horror as Lucretia's abominable form shifted into her familiar one and she walked over to the mirror to admire herself.

"Oh how long I've waited to show this face again.", she said before turning to Danielle, "Now don't you feel left out. For when the clock strikes midnight two nights from now, you die."

Danielle looked more horrified.

"Why?", she asked with tears forming in her eyes, "What have I done to you?"

Lucretia moved closer to her.

"Maybe I want what should be mine: unconditional love. Where was Canard when Dragaunus got hold of me? When I accepted his bargain, I finally got back at Canard for abandoning the most resourceful duck he had."

"By taking their lives?!", Danielle asked with anger showing on her face though the tears kept coming, "You don't force love by showing ugly actions and you will fall once Julia, Clyde and Adam find out I'm gone!"

Lucretia didn't look assured.

"Well I beg to disagree.", she purred.

She snapped her fingers and a masquerade mask materialized on her face and in less than a minute, Danielle was looking at herself, but Lucretia's voice gave her away.

"By the time they put two and tow together, you'd already have died.", Lucretia stated before taking the dagger she had earlier out and left it hanging in the air with the blade pointed at Danielle's head, "And this is where we say good-bye."

Lucretia turned and walked out the door leaving Danielle alone, but unaware that looking in through the broken window outside was a black feathered duck with hazel eyes and blonde hair wearing dark gray pants, a dark blue shirt, a brown leather jacket and hiking boots.

"Not on my watch.", he muttered.

As Lucretia walked out and closed the door behind her completely, the duck waved his hand and the wall parted to Danielle who jumped a little when she saw who was coming through.

"Hi there.", he said very pleasant.

Danielle however wasn't moved.

"W-w-who are you?", she asked.

The duck ignored her and waved his hand dispersing the bands around her wrists and ankles while turning the dagger into powder.

"Thanks?", Danielle asked taken by surprise.

"No problem.", the duck answered, "Don't worry about the death Lucretia told you, she's a champion liar. You better hurry if you're going to stop her."

Danielle felt her resolve strengthen and nodded before leaving. The duck smiled and shifted back into his anthropomorphic black Labrador retriever form while his clothes became his gray pants and revealing the glowing markings on his flesh.

"Good luck.", Theo said before he started faded away and the hole he made reformed itself the moment he vanished.

/

Back on Earth, the ducks were feeling the heat. Wildwing noticed Canard looking concerned and grew interested.

"Canard, what's on your mind?"

Canard could tell Wildwing wasn't letting up.

"I just...I have a bad feeling.", he answered, "Lucretia's still on Puckworld and our friends there aren't exactly "experienced". Especially Danielle."

Nosedive smiled.

"Looks like Romeo is longing to see the face of Juliet."

"Hey!", Wildwing scolded, "There's nothing wrong with someone concerned for someone else's safety."

Duke nodded.

"Yeah, when was the last time you tried to call your girlfriend Julia?"

Nosedive's cheeks turned red.

"She's not my girlfriend.", he insisted, "She's a women that I happen to like."

Morpha drove the ducks around Anaheim in it's Migrator form( I have no idea how it's doing this so don't ask.) when the coms went off.

"We got a disturbance down by the mall.", Tanya reported.

"Morpha, can you step on it?", Wildwing asked.

Morpha picked up speed and after making a turn, parked itself right near the mall where small yellow creatures were going around and making electrical things go off and on rapidly before exploding.

"Oh great not these things from our first season again.", Nosedive groaned(breaking the fourth wall as usual).

Canard however looked confused.

"You faced these things?", he asked.

"Long story.", Wildwing answered, "We need something to contain them."

Tanya came out with a large metal box with an antenna on it.

"Good thing I designed this electricity container in my spare time.", she said before taking out several cartridges, "Plant these things on the ground and those things will be drawn into the box here."

Wildwing nodded.

"Tanya, take Dive and Duke and get those charges planted. Canard and I will round up those things."

They had just gotten out when Mallory and Grin came in on duck-cycles and parked near Morpha who shifted into it's dog form.

"Got the signal?", Wildwing guessed.

Mallory nodded.

"Grin and I will help you and Canard out while Morpha helps the others with the charges.", she said confirming she overheard the plan.

/

Back on Puckworld, Danielle made her way through a couple alleys without being spotted by anyone she felt "unsafe" around and managed to catch up to Lucretia who was in the middle of introducing herself to Julia and Clyde. She wanted to get close when a hand touched her shoulder. She quickly turned and gripped the hand only to see Adam and quickly let go.

"Sorry.", she said, "Thought you were someone else."

Adam smiled as he rubbed his hand.

"Don't worry, "I'm used to it.", he answered, "Why are you here when you're over there?"

"Lucretia used some kind of spell to make herself look like me.", Danielle stated, "She told me I'd die two nights from now, but then this duck showed up and told me she lied to me."

Adam had been using his saurian power to scan her and nodded.

"Yep, I'd say she did. She always was good at feigning emotions and deceiving."

Danielle watched Julia and Clyde walk off with Lucretia and was about to run after them when Adam held her back.

"Hey, hold it there.", he said sympathetically, "I want to stop her too, but maybe there's a better way than just crashing through."

Danielle took a breath. She knew Adam was right and then her face brightened.

"Hey, didn't Wildwing mention that there was an enchantium that cancels out others?"

Adam smiled.

"And Quasleet asked him a couple days ago to send a bit as part of the progress with the gateway. Good thing I kept it with me before I left."

He reached into his belt and pulled out a small crystal giving off an ominous rainbow glow.

"All you have to do is get close to Lucretia and the shard will do the rest."

They heard a crash and turned to see a couple greaser looking ducks come out of the shadows with eyes locked on Danielle.

"Well well, looks like the pretty lady wandered too far.", one snickered.

Adam's face darkened.

"Go away and you won't get hurt.", he said firmly.

The two drakes didn't get the hint, but before they could get closer, Adam opened his wings and his eyes glowed fiercely causing the two to stop and stare.

"What the heck are you?", the other asked.

Adam snapped his fingers and both drakes got tossed into a dumpster.

"They won't remember this.", he said to Danielle, "Jerks like these hardly do."

Danielle sighed. It was nice of Adam to defend her, but the sight of that power made her a little nervous.

/

Julia and Clyde felt uneasy when they got to Quasleet's house. "Danielle" had gone ahead, but they stayed behind.

"What's with Danielle?", Clyde asked, "She seems so eager to see Quasleet and yet she won't answer where she's been."

Julia nodded.

"Yeah, something doesn't feel right. We should get a move on."

"With you all the way."

Clyde and Julia turned to see Danielle come in from around the corner with Adam and they looked confused.

"What the?", Clyde asked.

Adam looked concerned.

"Lucretia took some of Danielle's blood to undo my spell and now she has her looks and planning to murder Quasleet."

Clyde and Julia dashed into the house with Danielle and Adam right behind them. They had just gotten inside when an explosion went off and Quasleet came running out past them with a cannon in his hands and paused when he was at the door. Lucretia(in her true form) came into view and saw Danielle.

"What the? How did you?", she asked confused.

Adam frowned.

"Let's dance sister.", he growled as his wings came out and the two of them engaged. Danielle hid under the table with Quasleet as Julia and Clyde held off the assaults.

"Sorry bout the house getting wrecked.", she said.

"No problem.", Quasleet answered, "Happens all the time."

After a series of exchanged blows and collisions, Adam and Lucretia both hit the floor looking winded.

"This isn't over.", Lucretia warned, "I'll be back."

She snapped her fingers and warped away.

"Everyone okay?", Clyde asked.

Before anyone could answer, the transmitter( which had survived the encounter surprisingly) beeped and Canard's face came on to the screen with the other ducks on Earth.

"Hey, is everything okay there?", he asked.

Danielle looked concerned.

"Lucretia kidnaps me, slices my arm to use my blood to undo a spell, threatens to kill me, steals my looks and got away. How bout you?"

"Almost got bathed in acid, got more than zapped twice by electrical creatures, and had to shoot down a rocket ship with a satellite attached.", he answered.

Both sides paused, smiled, and then laughed out loud.