Notes: This is my very first Darkwing Duck fanfiction. I've been thinking about writing this since I started on Fanfiction, but Animaniacs got to me. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: All characters except Ashley and Lillis are owned by Disney.

Saint Canard was full of crime on the clock. Day and night, it would have crime all over the place. But one duck stood against all villains. His name was Darkwing Duck. On this night, DW was dealing with...family issues.

"Lillis, your too young to go on these crime-fighting adventures!" Ashley said. "Oh come on! I'm 9! I'm just 2 years away from Ashley and she goes on adventures!" Lillis said. "Ashley's right! You may be 2 years younger than her, but she's more coordinated in these." Launchpad replied. "LP makes a point." DW said. "NEGADUCK AT 6 OCLOCK!" Ashley and Launchpad cried out, trying to get Darkwing's attention. Sure enough, Negaduck threw a bomb at the group, exploding the bridge and creating a cloud of smoke.

"LATER LOSERS!" Negaduck yelled out. When the smoke cleared, the group looked around. "Uh, dad? Where's Launchpad?" Lillis asked. "What?" DW looked at his second eldest daughter. "Negaduck must've kidnapped him!" Lillis said. "Or he fell into the bay." Ashley suggested, looking at the fast current of the bay below. "Let's just wait a while and see what happens." DW said, knowing all too well Launchpad was still out there. Ashley seemed less concerned about if he was okay, she seemed more concerned about if he was still alive, for that matter.

2 Days Later...

2 days had passed since Launchpad's disappearance. DW was growing more worried by the hour, staring intently at the front door or the entrance to Darkwing Tower, waiting for Launchpad to walk in like always. Ashley and her two sisters, Gosalyn and Lillis, were worried about Launchpad sure, but Ashley knew from watching enough missing mystery podcasts, that if he wasn't found within 36 hours, you were dead. But knowing Launchpad, who was stupid enough to know death from anything else, it'd take almost a second to be dead.

Watching from the top of Darkwing Tower, Ashley waited intently for either the Thunderquack or any other of Launchpad's airplanes. The Thunderquack had a setting where if something happened, it would come back to the tower. But 2 days went by and it still hadn't come back. Ashley knew Launchpad left the Thunderquack at his airplane hangar and planned to go there if he was there, but something different caught her eye. It was a crowd around near the bay. She felt her heart sank. They seemed to be pulling something out of the bay, and she knew it wasn't good.

She slowly climbed down and went to inform her family, but they were starting to go to the crown. Once the group got down, they noticed they were pulling out a body. Most of the people were silently crying. Some were standing there, mourning. Ashley walked closer. It...was Launchpad. the realization sent her tumbling to the ground. Lillis and Gosalyn stood frozen in shock. Darkwing almost broke into tears at the realization but held it in. Ashley slowly got off the ground and watched as they hauled the body into the ambulance.

"Ashley? Gosalyn? What just happened?" Lillis asked. "I-i guess the podcast was right." Ashley said, horrified. Gosalyn looked at her sisters than Darkwing, who was almost on the verge of an emotional breakdown. "Now what?" Lillis asked, walking back up to the tower. "I don't know. We'll just have to move on I guess" Gosalyn said. "Knowing dad, it's not happening." Ashley said, gesturing at her dad.

Days, weeks, and almost months passed, and things didn't get any better. Darkwing stopped fighting crime and locked all his superhero stuff, along with Launchpad's things, in the spare bedroom they had used for Launchpad. His younger daughters didn't take it well either. Gosalyn focused more on school and passing her grade, and Lillis focused on her work as well. Ashley focused more on her schoolwork and taking up her dad's activities, such as attending SHUSH meetings on arranging Launchpads funeral and memorial service. The normally busy and crime-crazy town of Saint Canard soon became quiet and uneventful.

Meanwhile...

"Just wait Saint Canard. I'll be back!" Negaduck said manically.

Note: MUAHAHHAHAHAHA CLIFFHANGER! Hope you enjoyed this first chapter. Peace out homies! :)