Long Live the Evil Triplet

Chapter 17

Love and Lies

Webby kept her eyes trained on Luis as they trudged through the woods. She saw Louie's golden kolepsh that he had used when they were in the temple of Thoth Ra. That had been so long ago now it seemed, and Webby just wanted what they had back. But she knew that was wishful thinking at this point.

She didn't want to go back being alone, in the mansion again, with nothing but...

Webby shooked herself.

No.

She wasn't going back there. She couldn't stop seeing the shocked and hurt look on Dewey's face. Her stomach tangled in guilt didn't help matters either.

Webby felt herself inch her hand towards it. She was sure Luis had completely forgotten he had it strapped to his back. After the run in with the wereduck he had easily strapped it back to his back and smirked in her direction behind Huey's back as if he too remembered how lame his counter part wielded it. Webby had just frowned at him.

Now, maybe she could -.

"I did say," Luis said, making Webby freeze, "that there was other reasons why I exist." He told her, and stopped walking making Webby bump into him and fall down onto a bunch of dead leaves and twigs.

She glared up at him as Luis slowly turned and loomed over her.

"Like what?" Webby asked, staring him down as Luis knelt down eye level to her.

"You already know half of it, don't you? Why else did you decide to come with me. I know it wasn't because you like me, or love Louie. It's always been Dewey, I know it. Louie doesn't. So, you tell me." He smirked at her.

Webby's heart pounded hard against her chest.

"Y,You are still protecting them." She said, finally.

"Well, pretty and smart." He said, clicking his tongue against his teeth making goosebumps crawl up Webby's arms. "Too bad I only like one of the other." He said.

Ouch.

That hurt Webby like a ton of bricks, and yet, she couldn't help but want to change his mind. Want Luis to like her because of both of those things instead of just the one she was pretty sure he liked.

"What I don't get," Webby said, as she struggled to pick herself up off the ground, "is why you had to leave them to do it. I saw the look in your eyes when you mentioned Luther. Luis." Webby told him. "It's got something to do with him, doesn't it."

Luis stared at her for a long time, then, sighed and took off his kolepesh and handed it to her, catching Webby totally off guard and stared at him in dismay.

"You'll need to protect yourself." He told her.

"W,What am I protecting myself from?" Webby asked. "You, or the wereducks?"

Luis looked at her sadly.

"Both." He muttered. "But if you want to know more, I'd hold off on doing anything just yet." He said, a bit more loudly as he trudged on ahead. "Honestly though," Luis continued as he went on ahead as Webby gripped the kolepesh tightly in her hand, hesitated then ran to catch up,

"I'd love to see us fight, I can show off my own fighting skills. Bet I'd win." He said, and winked over at her.

"That's a bet you'd loose." Webby shot back. "Tell me, what is it you are keeping from Huey and Dewey." She ordered.

"Wereducks," Luis began, as they made it to the edge of the forest. "Have a sixth sense," He told her as he stepped across a babbling brook that Webby hadn't seen before now. They must be going a different way, from the way they came. Webby assumed it was to avoid the wereducks hunting trail. "They can smell curses." He said.

Webby blinked.

"C,Curses?" She repeated. "Y,You mean as in -."

Luis craned his neck to look over at her, then quickly put his arm out and helped her across the babbling brook just as she almost slipped in it.

"Yeah, as in, curse you McDuck." Luis told her. "Turns out, those aren't just words to throw around out of Scrooge's foes, and hadn't been directly at him."

"You mean? You, You're cursed?" Webby asked.

"Split personality is just part of the curse." Luis explained.

He grabbed her hand and started pulling her along with him. His kolepesh was at Webby's side, but lowered a bit as she relaxed. She needed to know more. Wanted to understand a lot more then what she already knew.

"The other part, the part that comes after..." Luis voice wavered.

"L,Luis." Webby stammered, and squeezed his hand, letting him know she was there. That she wanted to be there, for him, for his brothers...

Luis whirled around, his eyes shining with tears.

Webby gaped at him. She had never seen Luis with tears in his eyes. She wondered if Huey and Dewey ever had.

"If, If Louie can't over power me on his own, Webbs. I, I can't control what comes next. I, I won't be able too." He choked out.

Webby continued to stare at him.

"W,What's going to happen next?" Webby asked, not sure she really wanted to know. But she had too. She had to, so that she can better protect Dewey. "You, You aren't going to turn into a, a wereduck. Are you?" She asked, and laughed nervously, lifting the kolepesh just a bit.

Luis shooked his head.

"It's going to be much worse then that." Luis muttered, then his left eye twitched. Luis sighed. "Fine, I'll tell her." Luis grumbled.

Webby raised an eyebrow.

"Louie," Luis said, rolling his eyes at her, "says for me to tell you -. It was Magica De Spell, who last cursed Scrooge. So, unless we want to lift the curse, we need to speak with her."

"Wait, how does he know -." Webby began. "C,Can he hear and see everything that's going on?" She asked.

Luis studied her for a minute then smirked.

Webby frowned at him.

That smirk was really getting annoying, and, and a bit hot...

"What? You embarrassed that you thought you were making out with Louie last night, and instead it was me?"

"No, I -." Webby began, she felt her cheeks burning and looked away from him.

"I control what Louie see's and hears." Luis informed her.

Webby looked back at him.

"Then, then why not let him see and hear what's happening with Huey and Dewey? They need their brother, Luis, and I'm sure Louie feels the same way!"

"He has to want to over power me on his own, Webbs." Luis interupted her. "Or else it won't work. The only reason I'm just now here at this point in time is because he's afraid of something, or someone. It's causing him emotional distress, and whatever it is, he's not even willing to open up to me about."

"Y,You really care about him, don't you?" She asked. "W,Why won't you -."

"Because, I need something from him in order for him to fully be himself again." Luis explained. "He has to figure that out on his own, before it's too late... "

Webby saw him shiver, and sighed deeply.

"How much time do you have?" Webby asked.

"N,Not enough." Luis replied. "If, If it happens, then, then Huey and Dewey need to be prepared. That, that's why I left them, and why you decided to come with me. You figured out that part on your own."

Webby's heart sank.

Why did she have to be smart and pretty?

Why couldn't she just be one of those ditzy girls who only cared about how they looks, and what fashion was all the rage that week?

"They won't do it, you know." Webby said, stubbornly. "Even if they manage to restrain that pack. They'll never do what they have to do. Not to you. Luis."

Remembering Huey hugging Luis.

"Oh, I believe they won't hesitate to do what needs to be done, Webbigail." Luis told her as they made it out of the forest without any running into any more wereducks. "I had made their lives miserable enough." He told her.

Webby grew silent as she stared at the mansion in front of her.

"You know, you are pretty easy to talk to." Luis admitted. Webby looked back at him.

"I feel a bit better about this whole thing. Keeping this from Huey and Dewey, protecting Louie, it's all a bit much sometimes." His eyes lit up then smiled, causing Webby's heart to melt. It was actually a genuine smile. "That's praise number two." He told her and chuckled softly.

"How are you so calm about all this?" Webby muttered as Luis pulled her close. "You, You are trying to destroy your very existence. Luis. I, I thought -."

"You thought that I'd do the opposite?" He asked.

Webby nodded.

"I'm the evil persona of Louie, Webby." Luis told her. "I'm not real, at least, not to you, Huey, or Dewey, and I don't really care, but to Louie, he's all that I need, or could ever want."

Luis lifted her face closer to him by her chin.

"W,What does Louie want?" She whispered.

Luis's eyes started to switch from black to gray again, and Webby knew that Louie was trying to take control, she had a feeling that Luis wasn't going to let him. Not yet. This wasn't the moment or the reason he wanted him to take control.

"You know what he wants." Luis whispered back.

"I, I can't..." Webby whispered.

Luis stared at her and saw something he only wished he hadn't.

Webby's eyes were switching from black to gray so rapidly that Luis looked away, and dropped his hand from her face.

Webby's face fell.

"Forgetting something?" He asked.

"W,What -?" Webby asked in a daze.

"Dewey." He said, finally.

Webby blinked.

Dewey?

What about Dewey?

What was she suppose to remember? Why couldn't she remember?

Luis sighed deeply and looked at her sadly. Of course the curse wouldn't have stopped with the triplets. Webby was just as much as part of the family as anyone else.

Either Luis had imagined it, or Webby didn't know it yet, but she also had the curse.

She had the split personality, and soon...

Luis hated himself for not seeing it before. Now, he not only had to protect his brothers from the curse, but also Webby.

Luis didn't know how much more of this he could take. He knew he'd change soon. Change into something he could no longer control.

Luis tugged at Louie's emotions. He needed to feel something other then hate, sadness, and guilt. But Louie had gone silent again. He couldn't sense anything from Louie. Luis felt that Louie knew, knew that Webby had the curse too.

Luis only hoped that Louie was going to do something about it. But for now, Luis was back to his master plan at getting rid of the one thing that kept Luis here. The main reason Louie switched with him in the first place.

Magica and the curse was going to have to wait.

It was all up to Huey and Dewey now.

Author's Note: Oh no! Webby has the curse too! What would her split personality be like? What will be her name? Let me know it the reviews and I'll consider them!