86. "We'll just see about that." Huey and another(s) character(s)
Huey woke up lying on the ground. Why was he sleeping there? He didn't know. He opened his eyes and stand up just to see himself trapped inside a dark cell. The walls were made of stone. There were no windows and a wooden door blocked his only way out. He wasn't tied or retrained in any way, what made him think who locked him here didn't thought he would be able to escape.
How did he get there? Had he been captured? Who captured him? Which what purpose was he captured? Huey approached to the door and examined it, trying to find a way to open it. When he found nothing, he decided to put an ear on it, trying to hear whatever it was from the other side. He heard nothing. No people talking, no people walking… anything.
Huey walked back and sit down on the ground. The only thing he could do was wait for his family to rescue him or for the ones who captured him to show up and tell him why did they get him. Huey sighed. One could think he could be used to be attacked, kidnapped or even injured going on adventures with his great-uncle. But this would be a lie, it was very difficult not to say impossible to be completely used to something like this.
Huey closed his eyes and tried to remember what happened before waking up here.
Uncle Scrooge showed up that morning announcing them he just heard about an abandoned castle long ago, so it could be interesting to go explore it. Della soon apologized saying she already had plans with Donald, Daisy, June and May, to help them prepare the future marriage between Donald and Daisy. It wasn't as if the rest of the family wouldn't help, it was that this day, who offered to help Donald and Daisy were Della and Webby's sisters.
So, the rest of them, Scrooge and the kids, along with Launchpad went to this castle. It truly seemed old, but well preserved. They were looking for treasures – especially Louie – or anything they could find to know the story of this castle – this was actually what Huey wanted to do.
All the group with Scrooge leading them all entered to what seemed to be a throne room. Uncle Scrooge stopped suddenly, making the rest of them also stop.
"What's up Uncle Scrooge?" Dewey asked totally confused.
"This room is weird lad."
"Weird?" repeated Huey looking around. Webby also looked around and then to the triplets.
"Dad is right, this room is weird."
"You know Webby?" said Louie with a hint of boring in his voice "I'm not still used to hear you call dad to Uncle Scrooge."
Webby scratched the back of her neck with a shy smile.
"Yeah, I know, I love call him dad, but it's also strange for me to call him that. I've called him Mr. McDuck almost all my life, then I could call him Uncle Scrooge and now, I can call him dad because he is my dad. It's a dream come true."
"Yeah, I'm happy for you," Huey said looking at Webby and Louie. Then he looked at Uncle Scrooge "Why do you say this room is weird, Uncle Scrooge? You say it because it has a lot of doors?"
Scrooge nodded at him.
"Exactly lad. This type of rooms used to-"
Before Scrooge could even finish his explanation, a loud laugh was heard – a laugh they all knew perfectly well – and in an instant, all the doors of that room closed at the same time. Alarmed faces were soon seen among all the people present there.
"Oh! Curse me kilts!" exclaimed Scrooge "It's a trap! Hurry lads and lass, we've to find a way out!"
The kids hurried to do as Scrooge told them every of them. Huey after inspect the first door, run to another. He was inspecting it when suddenly, the wall nest to him opened and some white powder flew directly to him, making him cough. He started to feel weak, and saw himself losing his balance and falling directly to a pair of arms waiting for him. The last thing he could hear, was his family calling him. Then everything went dark.
Huey raised his head when he heard someone approaching, and stood up when the sound of the door opening reached his eyes. He could feel his heart beating hard in his chest, but he tried to seem brave in front of the person who was about to show up.
The door finally opened and no other than Magica appeared there.
"Oh, you're awake."
Huey rolled his eyes. Magica had just said the most obvious thing.
"Oh, you're a genius, Magica. Now, why am I here?"
Magica didn't reacted to what Huey seed, or if it upset her, she hid it pretty well. On the other side, the witch smiled at him.
"Oh, you're just my bait."
"Bait?"
Huey was confused. Magica shrugged.
"Yes, I needed one of you," she simply said "and you or your brothers were easily to take than that girl in pink."
Huey could feel his anger grow, and he was afraid 'The Duke' could show up at any time. He had to calm down, at least for now. The important thing here was to find out Magica's plans.
"Okay, I got it, so you wanted one of us to use as a bait," he said closing his eyes. He tried to calm himself, and when he felt he was calmed enough he continued. "But what you want a bait for?"
"To force Scrooge to give me his number one dime."
That again? Huey was starting to fear Magica had some kind of insane fixation with his great-uncle's dime. That wasn't normal. But he was afraid to say that to Magica, the witch couldn't take well his words. He decided to go for a… more safe way.
"Really?" Huey crossed his arms over his chest "You should already know he won't give it to you."
Magica showed a little cruel smile.
"Oh, are you sure Scrooge will risk your live?"
Huey felt a chill running down his back, but he hide it the best he could.
"He won't need to;" he snapped bravely "my family will rescue me."
"We'll just see about that."
"You'll lose, as always."
Huey hoped his sounded more confident than he felt actually. Unfortunately, it seemed those words made Magica get upset.
"No, your uncle has had luck so far, this time he won't have that luck."
Huey took a deep breath. And tried to think in a logical way. Magica told him he wanted him as a bait, so she wouldn't hurt him… at least not excessively if she needed him. This gave him courage to continue facing the witch in front of him.
"You keep saying that to convince yourself, don't you?" he smiled a little, to say this, gave him even more confidence "Besides… why do you want Uncle Scrooge's dime? It isn't magic or anything."
"True, it isn't magic," Magica admitted "but Scrooge used it to deflect a spell that hit my brother. It's possible that a little of magic from that spell is still in that dime. If I use it, maybe I can finally find my brother."
"Your brother?" Huey was shocked, he knew – thanks to Uncle Scrooge and Louie – that Magica had a brother. But he didn't know Uncle Scrooge used his dime to deflect the spell that turned him into a raven.
"Yes, my brother! The one Scrooge didn't stop and flew away!"
Being honest, Huey could understand what Magica wanted. If he were in her situation, he'd probably do everything in his hands to try find his brothers. What Huey couldn't agree with Magica at all, was in the methods she was using. Huey would never hurt innocent people to try find his brothers. Magica seemed to not care about this. Huey sighed. At least he could let Magica know he was aware about Magica's brother.
"Yeah, Uncle Scrooge and Louie talked us about your brother."
"Oh, did he?" Magica seemed a little surprised "Well, it doesn't matter. In a way or another, I'll recover my brother." She turned "Until then, I've some things to prepare before your family comes. Please, enjoy your time here."
Magica left the room leaving Huey again in a complete dark. Huey sit down again and tried to think in a plan to escape.