A REWRITTEN FAMILY HISTORY
The Trickining is definitely going on my list of Halloween CLASSICS... so many great moments and the guest cast was on freaking point...also since this is a Launchpad centric update which kind of plants the seeds for the 'Darkwing Arch' that tentatively will begin around chapter 25 or 26 I just want to fangirl over the few LETS GET DANGEROUS stills that just came out
"I can't believe you murdered my first born by sticking gum in the engine!" Della exclaimed as she turned to face Launchpad who simply shrugged back his shoulders innocently. It was still hard to process at times that fate had brought Della back into his life, okay sure he was working for her uncle but up until a little over a month ago he thought she was dead...well everyone did as a matter of fact. But here she was in the hanger looking over the Sun Chaser...er Cloud Slayer with such an intense passion in her eyes that it caused him to let out a slight sigh.
"Gum is proven to be a universal adhesive," he replied, walking beside her placing a hand on her shoulder only to be met with a sharp glare. Removing his hand just as quickly as he placed it there he simply shook his head.
"So, between the Sun-Cloud Slayer, the boys and all of your fiance's inventions how many children do you have now Dell."
Della couldn't help but laugh a laugh that was truly infectious causing a smile to cross his bill as he thought back to simpler times.
June 2002:
On the one hand a summer rain had given a blissful reprieve from the sweltering heat however on the other it had caused that afternoons airshow to be called off which was what had brought a fourteen year old Launchpad to dip into the common area of the residence hall they had presently been living in.
"OMG Seriously!" he heard his younger sister Loopy squeal.
"I mean who knows for sure," another young female voice said, causing him to blush a bit as he noticed his sister chatting with Della, the young girl who had spent the prior summer taking lessons from his parents and who had taken up residence as part of the show for at least their summer season.
"So, what are you ladies talking about?" He asked, slipping into a seat on a sofa in between them.
"How Della almost made out with her Uncle's techie."
Launchpad felt a bit crushed at his sister's words as he had hoped in four years once he turned eighteen he'd have a chance with Della. She was a shiksa goddess who knew her way around airplanes to boot. Though it was only natural he supposed that she would have her fair share of suitors.
"Made out just sounds so bawdy," Della said with a shake of her head. "Anyway he can be a bit of a jerk and egomaniac but then he will flash me a smirk or casually tuck a piece of hair behind my ear and I'd start to feel butterflies that I haven't felt since I was Loopy's age dating my ex Marcus."
Launchpad simply nodded his head thinking that the last thing he wanted to hear about was Della's love life however it was all he could do to humor her.
"You probably don't want to hear about my romantic entanglements though… What about that show you got me into the last time we were rained out...got any more episodes on tape?"
AND she was interested in Darkwing Duck too….he silently thought to himself as he flashed her a grin.
"As a matter of fact I do have one more tape you haven't seen."
He watched as Della's flashed him a smile before he turned toward his sister.
"Care to join us?"
Loopy shook her head.
"No, but if you get bored with the 'Terror That Flaps In The Night' and want to gossip about your genius you know where to find me."
Della nodded her head at the younger girl as Launchpad retreated to his room to grab his tapes.
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"OMG," Della squealed in a manner reminiscent of his kid sister though somehow kind of adorable, "it was his doppelganger…."
"Fansites have coined the term negaduck," Launchpad said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Well put on the next tape… I have got to see what's next."
Launchpad looked at her with a sad face.
"Okay so they are threadbare from too many re watches, then tell me what happens next!"
"The show got canceled, some say it was creative differences others say low ratings but regardless…"
He watched as Della shook her head clearly in denial.
"I have been penning a lengthy continuation that includes DW teaming up with a scrappy young orphan and a dashing pilot."
"And I bet the pilot just happens to be a ginger who comes from a long line of aviators."
Launchpad couldn't help but flush a bit as she called him out on creating a self insert in not so many words.
"Add in a femme fatal in a will they or won't they relationship with the pilot or a member of the rogues gallery whatever is more juicy and then show me the manuscript."
"What if the femme fatal IS a member of the rogues gallery who falls hard and fast with the pilot?"
He watched as Della's face lit up with the suggestion as wheels in his head began turning and hey even if they couldn't be together they at least had their self inserts.
"More children than I care to count," Della soon replied to his earlier question.
"Speaking of your children…"
"Huey is being promoted from Senior Junior Woodchuck to a full fledged Senior Woodchuck?"
Launchpad shook his head thinking of Huey who was such a good Woodchuck that there were days it felt as if the preteen was the councilor and he'd been the camper.
"Soon, I promise. No, Jim Starling is doing a meet and greet tomorrow and Dewey and I planned to go and so I was wondering if my favorite femme fatal would care to join us?"
He watched now as Della's face blushed causing him to wonder if he came on too strong however sooner rather than later she gained composure.
"I haven't thought of Darkwing Duck since that summer.. I can't believe you're still into that."
"It's the passionate people like me that keep fandoms like Darkwing Duck alive. Anyway you never did get to read the final draft of my epic "The Further Adventures of Darkwing Duck"
"Has Dewey?"
Launchpad nodded
"Has he, but don't worry I don't think he realizes the female antagonist is you...so what do you say?"
"First of all, I say that now I need to read it to see if I need to sue you for decimation of character. Second isn't there a saying about meeting your heroes...or rather not meeting them"
"Says the pilot who personally had Birdie McQuack as her flight instructor."
"You're good," Della said with a chuckle as she gazed at the engine again with a shrug of her shoulders.
She had either accepted his handiwork was adequate or decided things were a lost cause however he really didn't want to change the subject and ask.
"Anyway , I'll take a pass but you boys have fun."
"Oh you know it."