Nosedive couldn't get over what happened last week. Baby had been sucked into Dimensional Limbo and he was feeling a little lonely. Wildwing noticed this as the team was practicing for the first round of the semi finals which they would play in Canada. After practice, Wildwing took his brother aside.

"Hey, what's up baby bro?"

Nosedive didn't answer back.

"Dive, I understand you're still feeling bad about what happened to Baby, but that's what it is."

He put a hand on his brother's shoulder.

"He'll be fine. Believe me."

Nosedive looked at him with tears in his eyes.

"Is this what every parent feels after their children move out?", he asked.

Next thing Wildwing knew, his little brother had him in a bear hug and he could feel Nosedive's tears staining his shirt. He couldn't help but feel a little bad himself.

"I'm sure they do.", he told Nosedive, "I'm sure they do."

The others couldn't help but notice.

"His inner peace is disturbed greatly.", Grin said sagely.

Canard nodded.

"I've been there."

"We all have.", Duke put in, "The kid will be okay after a while."

After a bit, Phil came into the base.

"Hey boobies, you ready to head out?"

The team started packing up for the road trip and soon they were all heading to the Migrator. As they got in, Nosedive noticed Thrash and Mookie were already inside.

"Hey dudes.", Nosedive said surprised, "What are you doing here?"

"Got time off from work.", Thrash answered, "And then Phil came along and was blabbing about going to Canada so Mookie and I thought we'd hitch a ride."

Phil frowned.

"Hey, this is a private club."

"Relax Phil.", Wildwing said to their manager knowing how to get him on board, "With them helping, you could sell publicity much more effectively."

That got Phil to change his mind.

"Okay, they can come, but only to help with the endorsement."

As the Migrator drove down the open road, Tanya showed a little gizmo she apparently had been developing.

"I built this little thing which links us up with Drake 1 no matter where on Earth we are."

She placed a metal sphere and it opened up into a computer and then back again to it's sphere shape.

"Nice. That way if Dragaunus is up to something we'll know about it.", Duke answered but then looked concerned, "Hold on, don't we need the Aerowing to get from where we're going to get back to Anaheim?"

Tanya didn't look worried and pulled out what looked like a car beeper.

"I modified it so that the Aerowing will go on auto pilot and fly to where we are."

Canard smiled.

"Tanya, you never fail to amaze me."

Nosedive was in the back with Thrash and Mookie who couldn't help but notice Nosedive's new necklace.

"Hey, where'd you find that?", Mookie asked.

Nosedive turned the shell in his fingers.

"I found it back on Licktenstamp. I heard a strange sound and when I followed it, I found it in the sand like it had washed ashore."

Thrash and Mookie both looked interested.

"What kind of a sound?", Thrash asked interested.

Then the shell lit up faintly and the haunting sound came flowing out. Nosedive felt the same feeling in his throat again and before he knew what was happening, his beak opened and he was singing along faintly. Canard up front felt a strain on his mental state. Something weird was going on and he had a good idea that it was an enchantium acting up. Nosedive by now had stopped singing, but noticed Thrash and Mookie both had haunting and blank looks on their faces as if they were hypnotized.

"Dudes?", Nosedive asked.

No answer came and Nosedive snapped his fingers and instantly they returned to normal.

"What was that?", Thrash asked.

Mookie looked equally surprised and confused.

"Something weird is going on with that necklace Dive. You better keep it safe."

Nosedive put the necklace back under his shirt.

"Don't worry, I will."

/

Nearby, a friendly town was having a peaceful afternoon until dark shadows formed nearby into grim and haunting beasts that came out and attacked. They flew through windows, tore through walls and caused a lot of panic. The Migrator was coming through and Wildwing hit the brakes as he noticed the trouble going on. Phil wasn't in the mood apparently.

"Hey, why did we stop?"

A dark shadow formed in front of him through the floor and gave a really scary face. Phil jumped away as the shadow slipped back through the floor. The ducks filed out and noticed the shadows all over and Canard was looking concerned.

"Wildwing, we need light."

Wildwing looked confused, but he didn't want to argue.

"Grin, you and Duke get some large lenses while Tanya and Mallory work on getting light. The rest of us will try and hold those things off."

Thrash and Mookie showed up with what looked like large flashlights.

"Here, maybe these will help.", Thrash called out as he and Mookie tossed them.

Wildwing and Canard caught them and thanked them before going off. After a brief fight, the shadows retreated as the ducks fired their new spot light around and made them flee. They slipped into a rift hidden nearby and into a vast area where dark energy coursed and materialized again in front of what looked like a crumbled ruin long forgotten.

"My devoted void wraiths appear before me and I assume they had some success?"

A dark form materialized in front of the shadows. Then it shifted again into the form of a beautiful young woman with long black fingernails like claws and her black dress swept to her black crow talon high heels. Her dark hair was flowing down her back and her skin was so pale she looked sick. She looked at the shadows with piercing icy gray eyes.

"Is the city destroyed, have the mortals lost their spirit?"

Not getting an answer, her expression darkened further.

"With my own eyes I have seen the unthinkable. You coward before light, you inflicted mere shivers. I ordered decapitations!"

She clenched her fists and her dress instantly formed sharp black spears that lashed out and sliced the shadows apart causing them to dissolve and reform as dark flames on two braziers by the ruin's doorway. The woman's expression didn't let up as a bauble appeared and Charyus' face appeared.

"I trust my portal crystal is prepared?"

/

The ducks were loading up as everyone they helped was thanking them.

"The Mighty Ducks save town from darkness.", Phil said obviously getting ideas again.

"Phil, we did what had to be done.", Wildwing said firmly.

At that moment, the sky grew darker as an eclipse happened.

"Hey, we get to see an eclipse?", Nosedive asked in awe, "This is...hey, is it getting colder?"

There was certainly a chill in the air and as the sun got eclipsed, a pair of dark eyes formed and then faded as a young woman formed sitting on a rooftop nearby. Canard tensed.

"Oh great, it's her."

Nobody seemed to hear cause they were fixed on the woman's dark dress and clawed shoes. Her face was beautiful, but something about her told you that she wasn't what you thought. She eyed Wildwing and her eyes narrowed.

"And to who do I have the honor of introducing myself?", she asked coldly as she brushed a black fingernail through her dark hair.

Wildwing tensed.

"I'm Wildwing, who wants to know?"

The woman's eyes flickered.

"I am Malevolence."

She snapped her fingers and the ducks felt a sharp pain in their behinds. Shadowy blades flew out from behind them and slipped into Malevolence's dress and faded as she lifted into the air.

"We're not finished."

With a twist of her hand, she spun like a top and vanished. The moment she did, the eclipse ended an the light came back.

"Do you have any idea who that was?", Canard asked.

"Um Malevolence?", Nosedive answered, "Are you saying she used another name?"

Canard's expression hardened.

"I'm saying that we just had an encounter with Darkness Incarnate."

"Who?", Duke asked.

Canard sighed.

"Let me spell it out for you. Malevolence is the ruler of a place in Dimensional Limbo called Nether Void. Every evil thing that thrives there serves her and anything unfortunate enough to enter there is either disintegrated into the darkness or they become corrupted and become Malevolence's new servant for all eternity."

He paused for a minute seeing as he had cause a little bit of worry.

"Luckily she can't leave for long periods.", he said trying to calm everyone down, "And as you've seen, light drives her minions and her off."

The ducks continued to drive though Phil was at the wheel while everyone else got some shut eye. Canard was feeling uneasy. He knew Malevolence ruled Nether Void, but this was the first time he's seen her. He recalled facing her minions before and those were times he'd love to forget. All seemed okay til the ducks felt the Migrator slow down.

/

"Why are we stopping here Phil?", Wildwing asked as he rubbed his eyes.

Phil didn't answer. The ducks woke to find that outside, darkness had enveloped the whole area and the Migrator was floating in some kind of void. Canard tensed.

"Where are we?", Nosedive asked nervously.

"Welcome to my home children."

Everyone looked out the front windshield to see Malevolence materialize with a morbid and freaky smile. Phil went pale.

"Um, who's she?"

Canard's expression darkened.

"She's trouble and somehow she pulled us into her realm of eternal darkness."

Malevolence raised an eyebrow as she turned a shard between her fingers.

"How nice. I've heard about you giving me grief Canard, but you look more charming in person. You would be perfect for my will."

Canard's expression darkened further.

"I'd rather be dead than serve you."

Malevolence didn't look phased.

"Oh really? Cause my minions are just dying to get a piece of you."

The sounds of banging came all around and the ducks noticed shadows forming into fists and battering items that assaulted the Migrator. Nosedive quickly got out the large light from earlier and pointed it at Malevolence.

"Eat this lady!"

He pulled the switch...and nothing happened. Malevolence looked his way as her minions kept up the assault.

"What are you doing?", she asked him.

Nosedive quickly noticed that the cord was unplugged and quickly plugged it in. Canard didn't wait, he fired it and light burst forward. The shadows pulled back hissing like aggravated cats, but Malevolence snapped her fingers and the cord got snipped.

"Well that's not good.", Nosedive said as he noticed something, "Um, are we getting smaller?"

They noticed that the shadows were getting bigger, and more freaky looking.

"They're feeding off our fear.", Canard realized.

Malevolence looked complimented.

"And I can tear your little car apart with a wave of the hand."

Wildwing tensed.

"We're not afraid of you Malevolence."

The other ducks tried to hold their nerve and slowly the shadows began to fade. Canard got to the controls and as Malevolence raised her hand, he fired at her causing her to move and the crystal she had got hit. As the crystal shattered, the Migrator lit up, but Malevolence was still there.

"You've won this round barely Canard, but I promise that I'm just getting started."

/

In a flash of light, the ducks found themselves back on the open road and out of Nether Void. Phil still looked pretty freaked out so Thrash and Mookie took him into the back to lie down. Wildwing and Canard took over and the Migrator was on the move again.

As the morning sun was beginning to rise, the ducks pulled into the parking lot of diner were they got breakfast.

"Nosedive, do you even taste your food?", Canard asked as he noticed Nosedive wolfing his food down.

Nosedive tried to answer, but whatever he tried to say was muffled and hard to understand.

"Don't talk with your mouth full baby bro.", Wildwing said firmly.

After Nosedive swallowed his food, he cleared his throat.

"I said that fighting an evil dimensional entity makes me hungry."

Mallory rolled her eyes.

"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that."

"Our foe has fled, but her presence still haunts my inner peace.", Grin said sagely.

"Yeah, Malevolence can do that.", Canard answered, "By the way, how's Phil?"

"Thrash and Mookie said that they would watch over him, but he's still a little freaked out.", Duke said as he mentioned to the back.

Thrash and Mookie were on opposite sides of Phil who still looked pretty spooked.

"So where's the game?", Canard asked, "It's the play offs for the semi finals if I recall."

Tanya pulled out a schedule and laid it out to get a better view.

"It's in Canada and in Vancouver."

"So the team we'll face will have a home field advantage.", Nosed dive said as he drank his orange juice.

Wildwing looked concerned.

"This team is going to be tough, but we'll pull through. Besides, if we make the play offs, then we'll almost be in the finals."

"Also played in Vancouver.", Tanya reported, "Luckily, we have arrangements set up for us and the game isn't until Friday so that gives us a day to practice and prepare."

After everyone finished, they paid the tab and were on the road again.

/

The Raptor materialized in an open field outside Vancouver, Canada and shifted into a country club.

"I must say that this is a new development to have us above ground.", Wraith stated real gloomy.

Charyus looked equally concerned.

"I know that, but our targets are going to be here for the next two weeks for the Stanley Cup finals. That gives us a time limit and Malevolence has informed me that the ducks managed to escape from her."

Dragaunus was beside himself.

"The very embodiment of darkness had them in her claws, an they slipped through them?!"

He turned and blew up a drone passing by.

"Must you always resort to blasting your drones like that whenever you need to ventilate?", Charyus asked.

Siege, Wraith and Chameleon stepped back. None of them had dared to confront Dragaunus like this and they were sure he wasn't going to take that lying down. Dragaunus turned to Charyus with his nostrils smoking.

"I suppose I should blast you then?"

Charyus didn't flinch.

"I could provide the enchantium to defeat our foes, but I need Balerium crystals in order to forge them properly."

Chameleon stepped forward.

"Um, I have a suggestion."

Charyus and Dragaunus looked his way.

"We're listening.", Charyus said calmly.

Chameleon took a breath before talking.

"There's this kid genius back in Anaheim who knows a formula that can make something similar to Balerium crystals, but he won't give it."

Charyus raised an eyebrow.

"Really? Maybe I can get the formula out of him."

Dragaunus then looked thoughtful.

"If you succeed, I might reconsider scorching your scales."