"The sensors have detected a disturbance.", Siege reported.

The saurians were in the control room and the screen showed a ripple that looked quite like a portal opening. Charyus' eyes narrowed.

"Is this friend or foe?", Dragaunus asked with concern.

"Hard to tell my lord.", Charyus stated, "But the vibe I'm getting is certainly one we can use."

The screen now showed the ripple fade and a mass of darkness piled into the plane of reality.

"What's that?", Chameleon asked wondering.

As if to answer him, the shadows spilled into the ground and vanished.

Charyus turned and the shadows from the screen manifested into large ghost like beings with haunting eyes. There were three of them yet each one had a different feel than the other two. Charyus however didn't flinch.

"You called for us?", the middle ghost asked.

Charyus nodded.

"I trust you've been told of the issue I'm dealing with at the moment?"

The shadows' eyes narrowed.

"Malevolence sends her regards."

Then the shadows slipped into the floor and were soon gone.

"So what do these shadows do?", Dragaunus asked Charyus harshly.

"Basically get our issue under control.", Charyus answered.

It was then the alarm went off and Siege checked it.

"We detected another one."

And then the screen went to static. Dragaunus was beside himself.

"Who bumped the detection system?"

Chameleon inched away, but Charyus stepped in.

"I'll get the drones on it my lord."

Chameleon sighed thankful that Dragaunus wasn't yelling at him then and that Charyus stood in for him.

/

The Migrator was driving down the street with the ducks in tow.

"People actually pay to watch that stuff?", Canard asked, "I've seen scarier things back in Limbo."

They had just gotten back from a trip to the movies to see what was playing and Nosedive had obviously enjoyed it.

"Man I loved when the alien prince slice through that hull of the enemy fleet. It was so cool."

Wildwing rolled his eyes while smiling.

"Hey, after the practice we had earlier, we deserve some personal time."

Canard noticed that Nosedive looked a little down.

"Hey, you okay?"

Nosedive sighed.

"I'm just remembering Baby."

Canard looked confused.

"Who?"

"He's an alien that imprinted on Nosedive.", Mallory explained, "Dragaunus had us find it and it ate the stuff that we use in our gear and grew to enormous size."

Canard looked thoughtful.

"That's odd, juggertians are not supposed to get that big."

"Juggertians?", Nosedive asked.

"That's what Baby is.", Canard stated, "Though the stuff we use is a little different than the stuff they eat."

Canard looked at the confused expressions he was getting.

"Hey, I visited their home world one time okay?"

The Migrator pulled into the base and the ducks filed out. Canard walked closer to Nosedive as he was interested about Baby.

"So what happened?"

"Baby grew to giant size and Wildwing wanted to blast him, but I knew my little guy was in there. I played this tune I had on my watch and he helped us take down Dragaunus."

Canard looked thoughtful again.

"Hmm. That would make sense. Juggertians often imprint based on a certain sound they hear. Apparently your watch tune matched some kind of soothing tune Juggertians use to calm their young and remind them who their parents are."

"You know, Baby is in the freezer.", Nosedive said, "Ever since we shrank him back down, he's been there ever since."

The alarm went off and the ducks tensed. Something was there, but what was it.

"Fan out.", Wildwing said, "Report anything you find."

The ducks split up and everything seemed okay til Canard and Nosedive got to the freezer. The door was open and Nosedive looked worried.

"Big bro.", he called on his com.

"What did you find?", Wildwing asked.

"Baby's missing.", Nosedive reported.

/

Outside in the open air, the shadows materialized with the green crystal cluster they found and brought with them.

"Are you sure this thing will do what Malevolence told us it would?", the left shadow asked.

The middle one stood firm.

"We have our orders. Now, lets break this egg."

The shadows reached out and dark tendrils wrapped around the cluster like snakes. At first nothing happened, and then the crystal started to vibrate and that gave the shadows a heads up.

"Just a little more.", the middle shadow said firmly.

"This thing is strong just like it's kind.", the shadow on the right, "But it's will shall be broken."

The cluster shattered and what was there could only be described as weird. I'm not sure how to describe it, but it looked reptilian with long drooping rabbit ears and huge blue eyes. It screamed when it saw the shadows and was about to flee when the shadows lifted it into the air.

"Darkness clouds and will be bound.", the shadows said in haunting tone, "Serve the night and all be shroud."

The creature's eyes went dark and it's demeanor changed drastically.

"Grow, destroy, our will you will employ.", the shadows chanted, "Waste and slaughter and devastation you will enjoy."

That was when the creature started changing and growing at the same time and still the shadows chanted further.

"Creature small and frail, be chaotic and strong. Be what represents us and turn right into wrong."

By now the creature had grown and changed shape. It now looked more reptilian and a lot less cute. The shadows faded to a safe distance while the creature's eyes glowed with dark light and it headed for Anaheim.

"Sometimes our magic surprises even me.", the middle shadow said smiling.

The other two nodded.

"And what happens if it's parent shows up?", the left shadow asked.

"Then it will kill them.", the middle shadow answered, "Our spell will ensure it won't have passion or feeling towards anything except our cause."

/

As the Migrator headed downtown, Nosedive was looking especially worried.

"I can't believe that Baby would do this. He's on our side."

"Well it looks like that changed.", Mallory stated, "We should have sent it into space when we had the chance."

A car crashed in front of the Migrator causing Wildwing to hit the breaks. What stood before them was the creature Baby once became only this time it's eyes were glowing darkly and Canard's eyes narrowed.

"This thing's enchanted and I have a good idea what did it."

The ducks got out and that was when Baby launched several black tentacles from his shoulders and attacked. Duke and Mallory sliced through with their swords, Canard and Wildwing used Shield and aura to defend, Grin and Tanya used Freeze and Nature to try and bind, and Nosedive was trying to reach out to it.

"Baby, it's me. Papi. Don't you remember me?"

Baby just kept attacking and Nosedive was almost tossed to the side as the other ducks held their ground.

"What's wrong with you?", Nosedive called out, "This isn't you."

All that seemed to do was make it angry. It stomped the ground hard causing the ducks to loose balance and the tentacles whacked them aside leaving Nosedive alone with it.

"What can I do?", Nosedive asked as he cautiously backed up, "What can I do?"

He looked at the other ducks trying to recover from their state, but none were getting up fast. Nosedive felt tears in his eyes and opened his mouth to say something, but then he notice the shell pendent he got from Licktenstamp. It was glowing and he felt something in his throat. When he opened his beak, that same sound from the shell came out of his mouth. Baby paused a moment as if listening as Nosedive continued singing. It had a haunting yet beautiful sound and Nosedive noticed Baby's eyes were flickering.

"Come on Baby."

Nosedive sang the chorus one more time and Baby's eyes returned to normal and the tentacles dropped to it's sides as it held a hand on the ground for Nosedive to climb into. It brought Nosedive to it's face and it looked apologetic. Nosedive looked convinced.

"Baby?"

The creature nodded and the other ducks were by now back on their feet observing what was going on though they missed out the singing part.

"You think Nosedive got through?", Wildwing asked.

Canard could feel the aura inside the thing and smiled.

"Yes. Yes he did."

Baby set Nosedive down and headed off somewhere.

"Where's he going?", Mallory asked.

Nosedive sighed.

"Oh they grow up so fast."

Wildwing looked determined.

"Everyone to the Migrator. He might lead us somewhere."

/

On the hillside, the shadows were beside themselves.

"That young drake broke our spell.", the left shadow said darkly.

"By singing.", the right shadow added.

The middle shadow was most upset.

"That drake's voice not only dissipated our magic, but it's sending that thing to Dragaunus' ship. It'll tear the Raptor apart unless we do something."

A ripple appeared and Charyus came into view.

"I trust our weapon has done it's job?"

The shadows looked unsure.

"Not exactly. It's heading your way and ready to destroy you."

Charyus' eyes narrowed.

"Are the ducks behind it?"

The shadows nodded and Charyus smiled.

"Perfect. Once they're in range, I'll send them to the furthest reaches of Dimensional Limbo and they'll be out of my scales permanently. Well done gentlemen, I look forward to contacting you again."

A ripple appeared nearby and the shadows found themselves sucked into it. Charyus vanished and was inside the raptor at the bridge. Dragaunus was waiting and looking concerned.

"Another failure I assume."

The ship started to shake.

"Does that answer your question?", Wraith asked.

The screen came up and they saw Baby heading their way.

"Open a portal to Dimensional Limbo.", Dragaunus ordered, "Now!"

Siege pressed a sequence into the panel and the ship rumbled as the gate way generator came to life. Normally it shot a portal outward from outside the ship, but now it could open a portal inside the ship or anywhere outside it. After a bit, a portal opened on the water surface and Baby was being sucked into it with the Migrator not far behind it.

"Looks like our feathered foes are about to be played.", Chameleon said imitating a mob boss.

"Indeed.", Charyus stated.

Slowly, Baby was sucked into the portal which closed after he was all the way through, but the Migrator was still there.

"Curses.", Charyus said heavily, "Looks like they live to fight again."

Dragaunus wasn't a thrilled. He turned to Charyus with his nostrils smoking.

"Why can't you ever get something-"

Charyus waved his claw and Dragaunus froze up again.

"I guess using void wraiths ended up a little flat, but it was effective none the less."

/

Back at the Pond, the ducks were on the ice and playing hard.

"And another pass by Duke to Tanya. If the ducks win this game, they'll be in the semifinals for the Stanley Cup right in Canada."

Tanya made her way to the opposing goal and almost made a goal, but the goalie blocked it.

"And the Badgers get the puck. The score tied and with only minutes to spare, how will this all play out?"

Grin made his way to the puck, but the player passed it before he took them out. Canard watched the puck and managed to steal it and headed away from Wildwing.

"And Canard steals the puck! The ducks have the puck and they almost have it made."

Canard got close and noticed the opposite was closing in.

"Dive, heads up!"

He passed and Nosedive caught the puck. He got close, but got tackled by the opposite team.

"Oh and Nosedive goes down! The Badgers have the puck, but with only seconds now, can the ducks turn this around?"

Canard managed to catch up and get the puck back, but there came the countdown.

"Ten...nine...eight."

He got to the goal and was almost tackled as well, but Grin covered him.

"Five...four...three."

Canard shot, but the buzzer rang before the goal was made.

"Oh and there's the bell! The scores tied and there will be an overtime shortly."

The ducks got into the locker room and Canard rubbed is shoulders.

"Man, these players play rough."

Wildwing shook his head.

"They're professionals and they made it this far. We got our work cut out for us, but we'll beat them."

Nosedive sighed and then put on a straight face before anyone noticed.

"Yeah. Let's give these badgers something to talk about."

As the buzzer rang, both teams were on the ice again.

"And overtime begins and oh what a start! The Ducks get the puck and the Badgers are on the offense."

Canard wasn't about to get played by the same one twice. This time, he ducked and the player went flying over him as he made his way to the goal.

"Cover me Dive!"

Nosedive skated over and as the defense went for Canard, he passed and Nosedive got it. Both teams played hard, and the ducks were at the goal with the last five seconds.

"Canard shoots...he scores!"

The fans went wild as the buzzer hit zero.

"The Ducks win the game! The Ducks win the game!"

The ducks huddled on the ice and raised their sticks together.

"Ducks rock!"

Afterward, back inside the base, Wildwing took Nosedive aside.

"How did you managed to calm Baby down?"

Nosedive felt conflicted. He wanted to tell about the new voice he had, but he didn't want Wildwing to be too concerned about it.

"I guess I managed to find the part of him that still felt for me."

Wildwing put a hand on Nosedive's shoulder.

"You surprise me baby bro. You really do."

Wildwing went off and Nosedive went into their room and made sure he was alone before bringing out his shell pendent.

"What are you?", he asked it.

The shell glowed for a second and then faded. Nosedive tucked it into his shirt and sighed.

"Well Baby, I'll miss you."

He looked at the framed picture of him and Baby in it's little form that he conjured using his Create spell.

"At least he's not in a freezer anymore."