Charyus chuckled darkly to himself as he fiddled with his cauldron.

"Oh Thunderbeak.", he said smiling, "Just when it looks like you're free from Dimensional Limbo, it reminds you that all things come to an end."

He tossed in a couple slimy things into the mix as it bubbled and frothed.

"Tongue of viper, skin of dog, nails of bedpost rusted and broken, stirred with water lined with crude oil, and the acid from Venus all coming to make a spell most foul and effective."

He paused stirring to take the vial of divine blood from his neck and hold it over the mix.

"And to make it permanent, the drop of blood from a divine being."

As a drop fell in, the mix exploded and thick smoke filled the area forcing the vents to open to allow the foul smelling smoke out as Charyus coughed and gagged while the drop he used returned to the vial which recorked itself.

"Of all the rotten luck.", he grumbled, "I never should have used wolfsbane in that mix."

Chameleon walked in with a bag of ingredients and sniffed the air.

"Whew, what cut the cheese in here?", he asked shifting his head into a mobster and then back again.

"Tried to make another spell and it blew up in my face.", Charyus answered, "But no matter. Trial and error make success eventually."

Chameleon didn't look so sure as he set the bag on the floor and the ingredients started storing themselves.

"Why are you in such a good mood?"

"Because Canard's summoning is wavering.", Charyus said, "The summoning was effective, but for a time limit."

Chameleon then caught on.

"So you're saying that if not stabilized, Canard will go away?"

"To Dimensional Limbo.", Charyus stated, "And in less than two months. What are the odds?"

Then, Dragaunus came in wearing his own smile.

"Another failed spell?", he asked.

Charyus looked disappointed.

"Sadly yes, but I'm getting there."

Dragaunus strode off.

"While you do that, I'll be preparing a morning breakfast of freshly grilled duck."

Charyus' eyes narrowed.

"Pride goes before the fall my lord.", he muttered so Dragaunus wouldn't hear him.

Chameleon could see Charyus was getting back to work so he started to leave.

"Chameleon, would you mind fetching some water from my special spring please?", Charyus asked him.

"Coming up.", Chameleon said as he activated his teleporter.

At least Charyus put faith and trust in him more often than the others did.

/

Wildwing avoided another plasma blast from a drone before he blew it apart.

"Well, Dragaunus sure got more advanced with his drone making.", Duke said as he cleaved on apart.

Grin crushed several under a large slab of earth.

"Return to the earth for it is where we all started."

And that was when a large tank like car rolled in opening to reveal rocket launchers, lasers and several serrated saw blades that whirred most frighteningly. Just when it was about to open fire, the Migrator came around the corner and who should be at the helm? Nosedive, that's who.

"Eat this you overgrown trash can!", he yelled as he activated the particle projection cannon.

The cannon launched a blast of particles that knocked the tank over and on to it's side.

"Way to go baby bro.", Wildwing called out, "Now finish that thing off."

Nosedive fired again and the tank blew to bits and by now the other drones had warped away leaving the area pretty decimated.

"Well, another assault by Dragaunus foiled.", Duke said dusting himself off.

The Migrator pulled over and Nosedive opened the door.

"I am so glad Canard asked me to make this baby.", he said mentioning the particle projection cannon as it slid back into the Migrator's front.

Wildwing rolled his eyes.

"Let's head back to the pond ducks. We got a game to practice for."

Back at the Pond, Canard was in the middle of his weight lifting when an all too familiar feeling came over him. Luckily he had set his weights down before it happened so it was no big deal.

"Feeling the omen are we?"

Canard turned to see Charyus in the mirror again.

"I thought I told you that I'd rather make a deal with the devil than with you.", he said harshly.

Charyus' smile didn't flinch.

"Really? Cause by the way things are going, I doubt you'll be true to that statement."

Canard's expression hardened.

"Nosedive can just use Create to-"

"That won't work.", Charyus answered, "The Summon spell can only be permanent by my hand."

Canard backed away.

"And why would I make a deal with you?"

Charyus' smile got bigger.

"Cause when you go back to Dimensional Limbo this time, no power will be able to free you again. Well, if you're ever planning to change your mind, I'll be waiting."

Charyus warped away, but Canard didn't trust what the lizard said.

"I may go back to Limbo, but I seriously doubt that it becomes permanent."

He got to the door when an alarm went off.

/

The ducks crowded around Drake 1 as it displayed what the situation was.

"We have a breach in reality.", Tanya reported.

"That's the fourth one this day alone.", Nosedive grumbled, "First it was a flow of molten magma, then a squad of mercenaries of Typhos, and then Dragaunus has drones attack. What else can we face?"

"Let's not wait to find out.", Wildwing said with determination, "To the Migrator."

As the ducks filed in, they couldn't help but notice Phil doing what seemed to be a security check.

"Phil what are you doing here?", Mallory asked harshly.

Phil blushed.

"Well it's not like I was getting the outline of the Migrator and see if the car company could make more of it if that's what you're-"

"You're doing no such thing Phil.", Wildwing said firmly, "The Migrator is one of a kind and no amount of money is going to change my mind."

Phil looked disappointed as he left the Migrator allowing the ducks to shove off.

"What to do? What to do?", he muttered.

He checked his schedule and what he found really got him thinking.

"Oh yeah, there's that Middle East exhibit at the museum later today. Who wouldn't pay to see the ducks dressed as archeologists?"

He trended off to his office smiling all the while unaware that some feathers off his head were falling off and never grew back. He was almost to the elevator when Morpha walked over and it had a confused expression on it's face.

"They left already.", Phil told it, "But hey, they'll be back when-"

He paused as he noticed the feathers on his hands were falling away revealing his human ones.

"What's happening am I dying?", he asked getting a little bit scared.

At that moment, Thrash and Mookie came in looking like a cross between their human form and duck form.

"Phil, we have an issue.", they said in unification.

/

The Migrator pulled over to the side of the park where the portal was. Nothing was around, but the ducks were on edge.

"Get the particle projection cannon ready Nosedive.", Wildwing instructed.

"Right away.", Nosedive answered as he placed a hand over the button.

The portal wavered and then like lightning, several airy tendrils came out whipping up massive wind gusts. Nosedive hit the button, but nothing happened.

"Hey, where's the cannon?", he asked.

Tanya invoked Wind while Canard called Thunder and the spells were viable for a minute, and then they vanished.

"What's going on?", Duke asked as his Vanish spell fizzled out too.

"I don't know, but we can't leave this portal open.", Wildwing said.

He fired several pucks into the portal and the tendrils coiled back in. The portal shuddered an began to close, but at that very moment, a ball of light shot out and flew off to who knows where.

"What was that?", Nosedive asked.

A thud made the ducks turn to see Canard on the floor appearing to be in pain. To their horror, he started vanishing and phasing back rapidly before settling and he was catching his breath.

"Canard, you okay?", Wildwing asked.

Canard struggled to hoist himself of the ground, but then fell back down and didn't get up again.

"What's wrong with him?", Mallory asked, "Is he dying?"

"He's being sent back to Dimensional Limbo.", Wildwing said with hint of guilt in his voice.

The other ducks gasped.

"You mean his summoning was for naught?", Nosedive asked, "There has to be something we can do."

"Let's get back to the Pond.", Tanya suggested, "I'll do a scan on him and our enchantium and see what's wrong."

The Migrator drove off unaware that it was observed by Charyus in his enchanted bauble.

"Oh I love it when my opponent squirms under the pressure.", he chuckled, "With the Anti-magic spell taking effect over the area, those ducks will soon be toast."

Dragaunus' smile grew bigger.

"As much as I dismissed your methods Charyus, this spell is most effective. I'll take it from here."

Charyus didn't look so sure.

"No, not until Canard is sent back to-"

"Hey, I'm done waiting!", Siege snapped, "I'm going to get myself some fried duck to go!"

He activated his teleporter and Dragaunus turned to Chameleon and Wraith which ment they had to go too. The moment they did, Pretorius came in and looked concerned.

"Forgive my concern my lord, but wouldn't that spell Charyus cast effect him too?"

Charyus' smile didn't fade.

"That's why I took precautionary measures.", he answered, "Enchantium of anti magic doesn't effect the one who cast it so my power is still strong."

Pretorius' concerned expression lightened.

"So what now?"

Dragaunus headed to the bridge.

"I think it's time to call forth some old allies."

Charyus followed.

"You read my mind."

/

Back with the ducks, they had just arrived at the Pond to see Phil, Thrash and Mookie meet them in their human forms that took them by surprise.

"Okay, this is getting creepy.", Nosedive answered.

"You said it.", Thrash answered, "Mook and I were just minding the store and then out of the blue, we started shifting into our human forms for some reason."

"And Canard's summoning is wearing off too.", Wildwing stated, "What's going on?"

Mallory smacked herself in the forehead.

"Honestly, this has got Charyus written all over it."

Wildwing snapped his fingers.

"Hey, didn't Charyus have an anti magic spell that could cancel out other spells besides his own?"

Duke then looked inspired.

"And he's using it to distract us while he summons other saurians from Dimensional Limbo."

Canard by now had gotten enough strength back to keep himself standing only to be met with a barrage of firepower and laser blasts. They dodged to see Siege, Wraith and Chameleon nearby with a squad of drones. As sides engaged each other, Canard started phasing again causing him to fall over.

"Well, Charyus' anti magic spell sure works like a charm.", Chameleon said gleefully, "They don't even know that the saurian war fleet is going to be summoned soon from our underwater base."

"Chameleon!", Siege and Wraith snapped.

Chameleon put his hand over his mouth, but the ducks heard every word.

"So that's where you've been hiding!", Wildwing said as he launched several pucks dismantling the drones.

And that was when the ground shook as the Raptor burst from the waves and hovered towards the center of Anaheim causing pedestrians to look in fear and awe. Siege, Wraith and Chameleon activated their teleporters and warped away as the ducks got to the Aerowing underneath the Pond.

"Canard, are you sure you should be going?", Mallory asked him as they got on, "You're condition might kick up again."

"Then at least I'll go down fighting.", Canard said with determination.

And in less than three minutes, the Aerowing was in the air and heading after the Raptor. Phil, Thrash and Mookie stayed behind to help with the evacuation of the area.

/

Up in the air, the Raptor opened it's front to reveal the gateway generator and was about to fire.

"Powering up.", Chameleon said as he pressed a sequence into the panel.

Dragaunus took his seat and drummed his fingers.

"Finally, I'll be able to pound this world flat!"

Before they could fire it, a blast hit the ship's side causing it to move slightly. Dragaunus pressed a button and the screen showed the Aerowing making a turn and about to attack again.

"Launch the drones!"

Siege pulled a lever and outside a hatch opened and squads of flying drones flew out and engaged. This didn't last long as the drones got dismantled pretty quick, but the generator was ready and Dragaunus pressed the button. A large portal opened to reveal several saurian warships all primed and prepared to fly out and conquer anything that lay before it. The ducks saw this and their beaks dropped.

"Serious deja vu.", Nosedive said, "This brings back the time Dragaunus tried this before."

"You mean after the incident in Atlantis?", Canard asked before returning to the battle, "We need to get that gateway generator down before the fleet comes through."

Out of the corner of his eye, Canard saw an broadcast antenna that had a glowing shard at the top. Wildwing saw it too and he thought fast.

"Mallory, you take Grin and get that antenna down so we get our magic back, Duke, you and Dive dispatch the rest of the drones. Canard, you and I will help Tanya take out the generator."

The ducks dispatched and Wildwing got the Aerowing to the generator only to be met with a barrage of firepower. Canard then saw an opening and got to the door and opened it into the open air. Wildwing turned and saw Canard get the jet pack on and he recalled the first time he lost him only this time, he knew there wasn't any other option.

"Go for it."

Canard took flight and flew through the fire with a large puck cannon as he finally got to the generator.

"I've been wanting to do this for a long time Dragaunus!", he called out.

A distant bang rang off and Canard fired a laser at the generator causing it to falter and the Raptor to shake violently as the portal's gravitational pull got reversed. Wildwing turned the Aerowing away and picked up the others as they noticed Poseidon, Priscilla, Chroma, and the Raptor get sucked in.

"Where's Canard?",Duke asked.

"He's on the Raptor.", Wildwing said, "Only this time we can save him. Dive, can you create a portal for Canard to escape the one collapsing?"

Nosedive smiled whipped out his book and scribbled quickly. Now that their magic was back, the Create spell worked like a charm and in a moment, Canard was in front of them and looking much relieved.

"You were supposed to let me go.", Canard said sarcastically.

Wildwing was about to answer when the ducks noticed the Raptor teleport away before it got sucked into the portal as it closed.

"Well, it looks like our series is still going.", Nosedive said(braking the fourth wall as usual).

A short time later at the Pond the ducks returned to find Phil, Thrash and Mookie there only they were still human. Morpha was there too cuddling up to Nosedive.

"Man, sorry you dudes couldn't keep your feathers.", Nosedive said apologetically.

Thrash and Mookie shrugged.

"Hey, feathers or not, we're still best buds.", Mookie told him.

"And still Stormfeathers.", Thrash added.

"You said it.", Phil answered.

Canard didn't look worried.

"That anti magic spell is gone so I won't be going back anytime soon. But Dragaunus is still out there."

"Hey, at least we didn't lose you this time.", Wildwing said placing a hand on Canard's shoulder.