Wildwing came into the main room where he found Mallory and Tanya both looking pretty grim.

"Why so down?", Duke asked as he and Grin followed Wildwing over.

Mallory sighed.

"Canard got-"

A sudden flash of light went off and when it dimmed, Canard was standing not far away.

"Sorry I'm late.", he said smiling shyly, "Got a little stuck in a rift on the way back."

Wildwing grew concerned.

"Canard, tell me you didn't go back to Dimensional Limbo."

Canard gave an apologetic look.

"Sorry buddy, but I had to find an answer to how to break Charyus' hold on me. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, but I knew you wouldn't let me go."

Mallory wasn't about to let Canard take all of this.

"What matters is he made it back.", she said firmly, "Would you rather let Charyus threaten us with Canard's condition?"

Wildwing tried to calm down. He knew Mallory had a point and Grin did too.

"Sometimes the hidden path can lead to the answer even though most avoid it."

"Well said.", Wildwing said showing he had calmed down before starting on Canard again, "Just don't do that without me knowing next time okay?"

"You got it.", Canard answered.

"So how did you break the hold?", Duke asked changing the subject.

"Found a trio of time keeping entities and they let me barrow Chroma for a bit."

The other ducks were stunned.

"They let you use Chroma's time and space warping to undo the magical hold?", Tanya asked.

"They knew what I was going to ask so they had everything set up.", Canard answered, "By the way, where's Nosedive?"

As if to answer him, Thrash and Mookie came in with Nosedive and Morpha bringing up the rear and all looking worried.

"What's wrong with him?", Mallory asked.

Nosedive tried saying something, but no sound came out his beak no matter how much it moved. Thrash and Mookie turned to Wildwing.

"Chameleon stole Dive's voice with a magic clam and we don't know why."

Canard could feel Nosedive's sorrow. When his voice was taken, it was like stealing a part of his soul alongside it. Canard grew concerned and more than a little mad.

"Wing, we need to find out what those lizards are up to before they use that spell."

Wildwing nodded.

"Tanya, you get scanning for all traces of teleporter and magical disturbances, Duke, you and Grin help Mallory get our high intensity light weapons on board."

"What about us?", Thrash asked mentioning himself and Mookie.

"You two can help Nosedive get his voice back when we find it. Morpha can help."

Morpha barked and it's blue color points turned yellow meaning it was happy to be of help.

/

Charyus clutched his side as he strained to hold himself upright. Dragaunus noticed this and gave a smug smile.

"What's wrong with you?", he asked, "A certain duck broke your hold on him?"

Charyus gave him a cold glare.

"How was I to know he would go to Chroma and have his ability disable it?!"

Dragaunus pressed a button on the dashboard and Siege's face came on it.

"The broadcast is ready to be deployed."

Dragaunus' smile got bigger.

"Finally, I'll bring this whole planet to it's knees!"

Charyus smiled.

"As you wish my lord."

Dragaunus looked at Charyus and his smug smile turned to one of concern.

"You find this funny?"

"I only wish you the best.", Charyus said.

Dragaunus tried ignoring it, but something about Charyus' smile threw him off. Still, what did he know? He hadn't come this far to give it up. Charyus slid into the shadows nearby where Wraith was standing.

"I assume Dragaunus has no idea that the spell-"

"Will effect him as well?", Charyus answered bringing his voice down, "No. His pride and vanity was always his weakness. Too bad he doesn't consider it."

Wraith reached into his robes and pulled out a couple crystals that shimmered a deep amber color.

"As long as we have these nearby, we won't be effected by the spell."

Charyus' smile got bigger. Dragaunus was about to get a major kick in the pants and he wanted to see the whole thing.

/

Drake 1 rang out loud and clear. A few minutes later, the ducks had filed into the Migrator and was on the road. Tanya and Mallory ran the scanners while Wildwing and Canard drove.

"Um, not to hand out bad news, but aren't we going to be controlled by Dive's voice as well?", Thrash asked.

Wildwing grew concerned.

"Canard, can my Shield spell repel magic?"

"Well it is for defense so I guess it could.", Canard answered, "My Aura can help too."

The radar gave off a reading.

"We got a powerful sound coming from the old radio tower.", Tanya reported. "And it's getting stronger."

Wildwing and Canard hit the gas and Thrash and Mookie sat next to Nosedive who looked pretty nervous.

"Don't worry Dive, we're going to get your pipes back.", Mookie assured him.

Nosedive tried smiling, but then he did and he held his hand out and his Arrow spell materialized in his hand. So he couldn't talk or sing, he still had his weapon and that was all he needed to. Duke pressed a few buttons and turned to Wildwing.

"Our sound-proof system is up and running."

And that was when the Migrator started slowing down.

"Why are we stopping?", Thrash asked nervously.

And the power went dead followed by the sound of people talking in a trance.

"Destroy the ducks. Destroy the ducks."

"Oh great. Now we got zombie civilians with pitchforks.", Duke groaned.

"Evil has twisted their minds.", Grin said sagely, "They are not themselves."

"Grin's right.", Wildwing said, "We need to get to the tower and unplug the-"

He was interrupted by the Migrator getting almost turned over. The ducks turned to see a crane about to whack the side of the Migrator again as the gathering civilians continued their chant.

"Get to the tower and cover your ears!", Wildwing yelled as they headed to the roof.

They had just filed out into the stale dark air where civilians were gathering with hypnotic looks on their faces as they continued to assault the Migrator. Through the chanting, the ducks heard a faint sound of Nosedive's voice sounding off. Morpha quickly shifted into a gooey ladder that latched to the roof of a nearby building and without thinking twice, the ducks hurried across. Once they did, Nosedive gave Morpha a pet.

"Hey Morpha, can you make us some earplugs or something to drown out the magic?", Wildwing asked.

Morpha looked thoughtful for a second and then reached down with a couple tendrils into a nearby loading truck and came out with several large packs of earplugs. The ducks looked over to see the truck had "Earplugs R Us" logo across the side.

"Well that's convenient.", Canard said with a shrug.

/

Siege and Chameleon kept their enhanced weapons ready as Wraith warped in.

"I trust the signal is still going strong?"

"Working like a dream.", Siege said proudly.

Chameleon looked a little worried.

"Um, not to sound pessimistic, but won't we be effected too?"

Wraith smiled as he pulled out the crystal Charyus gave him.

"As long as we're near this, we're immune."

Not far in the distance, the saurians noticed the ducks moving towards them.

"Well, it looks like we got pests on the way.", Siege said taking aim.

Wraith raised his staff and a magical barrier surrounded the tower. Several burning skeletons materialized alongside the drones followed by several void wraiths. They turned to see Deceit appear in the area in front of them and grew suspicious.

"Great, another one of Malevolence's goons to aid us.", Siege said sarcastically.

Deceit turned his way with a cold glare before conjuring several void tendrils that blanketed the roofs around the tower. The ducks continued to advance, but as Siege was about to pull the trigger, one of Deceit's void tendrils held it back.

"Not yet. They don't know we're here now."

As the ducks got on the roof not far, they paused.

"That's odd.", Duke said, "Nobody here."

Nosedive looked worried and after looking upward at the radio tower, he took aim with his Arrow spell.

"Dive wait!", Canard told him holding him back, "If you break what's containing Siren, it could destroy it."

Wraith and Deceit looked each other's way and nodded.

"Take them."

The tendrils burst forth from the barrier and assaulted as the ducks avoided fire from the drones and the saurians. Deceit flicked his wrists and in less than an instant, the ducks were snared.

"Well this is ironic.", Deceit said with a cold smile, "You try to stop this, but it was all in vain."

"Just get that mask.", Siege said firmly, "Better yet, I'll get it myself."

Siege approached as the ducks struggled against the grip they were in. Then just as he reached out his hand to grab the mask of Wildwing's face, a red tendril came out and Morpha formed in it's dog form growling and clearly showing it was angry.

"What's this?", Siege asked, "A distraction?"

Wildwing smiled.

"No, just a big error you just made."

/

Siege flung Morpha over the edge, but as he did, Morpha's form started to shake and it's eyes started glowing a fierce yellow. After Morpha went over the edge, Siege tried again to take the mask away, but then a giant tendril rose up from the alley where Morpha was flung followed by an clawed hand big enough to crush a city bus. Everyone turned to see a colossal goo monster rise from the alley with multiple tendrils across it's back, huge fang lined jaws, and a head that was kind of looked like Frankenstein's monster meets King Kong with large mandibles along the sides of it's mouth. Morpha gave off a loud roar that rattled the windows and shook the place. Even the ducks were in awe.

"Take it down!", Siege yelled backing away.

The saurians and drones opened fire, but it only seemed to make Morpha want to fight. In a flash, it's tendrils lashed out reducing the drones and Deceit's tendrils to junk and mere scraps. Some of Morpha's tendril ends shifted into spiked balls, hammers and drills.

"Um, I think we need to retreat.", Chameleon said as he activated his teleporter.

The others didn't disagree with that since Morpha was pounding hard on the barrier Wraith conjured and Wraith was feeling the strain. Even though Siren was still going on, Morpha was beyond listening and when the saurians and Deceit warped away, Morpha wrapped it's hands around the radio tower and snapped it like it was made of twigs. The ducks by now had gotten out of the grip, but they grew nervous as Morpha came close.

"Morpha, down?", Wildwing asked nervously.

Morpha brought them up to it's face in it's own tendrils and the ducks flinched.

"Oh great.", Mallory said harshly, "Morpha now wants us for dinner."

But she was proven wrong cause Morpha had shifted into it's usual blue tone and the ducks felt like they were sliding down a large slide and into a truck full of pillows, Morpha then started shifting back to normal while giving off a sound like a huge balloon deflating. The ducks got out to see Morpha was in it's dog form again and holding the clam shell the saurians had. They came over removing their earplugs and Morpha handed the clam over.

"Well, here goes something.", Canard said.

Grin took the clam and clutched it.

"Mind over matter."

After a couple minutes, the clam opened and Siren flowed out til it touched Nosedive's throat and faded.

"Dive, you okay?", Wildwing asked.

"Yeah I feel great.", Nosedive answered smiling that he could talk again, "I feel a song coming on."

The others plugged their ears as Nosedive vocalized letting the magic ring out.

/

Back at the Pond, everyone was tuckered out and were finally getting ready for bed.

"Well that's one way to spend a night fighting evil.", Duke said yawning.

"It's almost four o' clock in the morning.", Tanya added, "We really need to get some shut eye."

The ducks were about to move when they felt themselves lifted and carried. They noticed Morpha was using it's tendrils to lift them as it walked casually toward each room where it dropped off the ducks one after the other.

"Why did Morpha shift into that monster?", Mallory asked as they arrived at her room and Morpha dropped her off.

"Maybe it did that to protect us?", Wildwing guessed.

"Well, I'm glad he did.", Canard said smiling.

Mallory went inside her room and Morpha continued. Duke dusted his shoulders as they got to his room.

"Well, another mission down.", he said giving a wave before the door closed in front of him.

Canard was feeling the aura was getting relaxed and he was feeling it too as they got to his room.

"Hey, where's Thrash and Mook?"

"They left already.", Wildwing said smiling, "I think they had enough excitement for one night."

Canard paused so he could yawn.

"You said it."

Wildwing looked Canard in the eyes.

"Hey, I'm happy you took someone with you when you went to Dimensional Limbo. At least I would know you had help this time."

Canard blushed.

"Get some rest buddy."

"You too.", Wildwing said smiling back.

Canard's room door closed and Morpha was now down to the final two. As they got to the room, Wildwing turned to see Nosedive already asleep.

"Little brothers.", he sighed as Morpha let him take his sleeping brother in his arms and carry him to bed.

As he set Nosedive on his bed, Wildwing turned to see Morpha with a glass and looking a little wondering.

"Dive forget to water you?", he guessed.

Morpha nodded and Wildwing rolled his eyes. He went to the sink and filled the glass with water and handed it to Morpha who extended a tendril and drained the glass til it was dry.

"Thanks for the help back there.", he said, "You're a good dog."

Morpha's blue color points turned orange signifying it was shy or it was it's way of blushing. Wildwing got into his own bed as Morpha lifted itself to the foot of Nosedive's. Wildwing looked at the bottom of Nosedive's bed as he pondered the events of the evening.

"They almost had it.", he thought as he removed the mask from his face and placed it on a table beside his bed, "But Morpha sure came in handy."

He took a moment to yawn.

"Well, this my not be Puckworld, but as far as the others and I are concerned, it'll do til we get back."

He drifted off to sleep while being unaware he was watched. Charyus observed in his bauble and turned to the others.

"Another drawback, but still, it was worth a shot."

Siege didn't share the optimism.

"It was right there, and that thing had to intervene."

Chameleon was seemingly more concerned about Dragaunus who just stood there in a trance.

"So how do you break the hold?", he asked.

Charyus just dispersed the bauble and started walking away.

"I'll tell you in a week."