Chapter 110: The Perilous Conflict in Mt Neverrest!
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December...
"Mt Neverrest! We were there before and now, here again not to climb but to rest an relax!" Scrooge told the family as all are pretty excited to spend their Christmas on that mountain. "Because the last time we're here, it started out as a square for shopping but now it's upgraded into a hotel resort." said Duckworth who's reading the pamphlet as Donald and Daisy checked on their twins with Goldie cuddling Diamond. Launchpad and Della are in the cockpit managing the Cloudslayer and the triplets, Webby, Lena, Violet and Gosalyn are hanging out together.
Now down there, Scrooge went to see Beakly. "I trust the intel we received should help us regarding a cursed relic." She asked. "Without Ludwig's help, we'll be unable to find out an Merlock can make his move." Scrooge replied.
Flashback...
"Intel reveals that a cursed relic known as the Soulstone of Corruption is in the deep freeze. Frozen and sealed naturally inside Mt Neverrest." Ludwig Von Drake told Scrooge and Beakly. "I believe this will be Merlock's next expedition."
"Right. Frozen in ice. We're gonna have either melt it or extract the chunk." said Beakly. "Any option is acceptable. Main priority is ta make sure Merlock does not get his tainted hands on dat bauble." said Scrooge. "Get tha family to pack up! We'll give em a holiday to relax while tha 2 of us find tha cursed relic."
"Understood." Beakly left as, "You must make haste. Merlock is close to his goal as I speak." Ludwig stated as Scrooge nodded with his fists clenched.
End Flashback...
"Dewdrop. You think we can go sledding again?"
"Why not gorgeous. Last time it wasn't dangerous enough for us." As the couple chat about sledding, "Tell us more about that holiday resort." Violet asked Louie for it's her, Lena and Gosalyn's first time. "Okay last time I was there..." For Huey, he's just dozing off and dreaming about ice cream. While this was going on, Scrooge and Beakly continued their private conversation. "Although we need to stop 'em, I must keep Poe's word."
"Are you saying that you want to save Magica? You do realize she's beyond redemption after everything she did to the family." Beakly replied.
"And you do realize that she is all dat's left for Poe." Scrooge asked. "Yes she blasted us in ways and if Poe wants his sister out of Merlock's cult, I'll do wot I can do for him." Beakly sighed when, "This is your pilot speaking, we're landing!" Della contacted. All got excited when. "Correct. We're crash landing!"
"WHAT THE DUCK?!" The teens panicked when, "JK! LOL! We're actually landing. Runaway spotted and flying there. And Launchpad! Stop spilling coffee on the controls!"
"I didn't spill any and the mike is still on and-"
"My bad!" It ended in an unusual way leaving everyone stunned. "Pilots these days..." Scrooge chuckled when, "Look! I can see the resort!" Daisy called out as all peek through. "So spacious...so luxurious...especially when they built it near Mt Neverrest!" Huey exclaimed as all enjoyed the scene with the Cloudslayer preparing to land.
A few minutes later...
Della stayed behind to park the Cloudslayer while the rest of the family grabbed their baggage and entered via the front entrance with one of the resort attendants leading them. They soon entered main lobby as everyone admired the interior design. Scrooge then settled the bookings while the rest went window shopping. "Aw...they don't even have Dewey on it!" Dewey exclaimed shuffling through some tags and nearby, Webby was checking out some winter gear when her eyes caught sight of a brand new sled.
At one of the resort shops, "Where can I find it..." Huey is seen checking out some equipment when, "Hubert, what are you doing scavenging the electronics?" Violet asked. "One, I'm not scavenging. Two, I wanna see if some of the equipment has the necessary parts that I need. Like the electronic parts like the diodes, thyristors, transistors, etc."
"School project?"
"No ordinary school project. I wanna prepare early for the final year practical for Design and Technology! I need to design some product, explain it's functions and demonstrate it. In addition, write out every detail." Huey explained. "I see. Well, I'll just help myself to the free hot chocolate. Heard they put whipped cream in it."
At the same time, Lena is checking out some winter accessories as she took a snowflake hairpin and admired it. She then pinned it on her hair and looked in the mirror. "I give my girl 10 stars for being smoking sexy in the winter season."
"You flatter me greenie." She replied as he approached her. "Ah during spring break. Aunt Daisy always pick you and your band mates to model for her."
"She sure has knack for fashion and modelling. And at the end of spring break, each of us got a copy of the magazine only meant for us." Lena recalled. "Agreed. Well, do you want the hairpin?" Louie asked. "I'm still looking around." She replied. "Well if you're undecided, you can drop by later, Uncle Scrooge needs us now." He replied and they left right after Lena placed the hairpin back.
The family is gathered with Della rejoining them now. "Here are yer room keys. For tha lads, no monkey or dirty business with yer lasses." Scrooge reminded them. "Sheesh. Says our uncle who's done plenty of 'dirty' business with his wife even until tonight later on." Louie whispered to his brothers as they snickered together.
Room allocations were already settled for the triplets will share one room, the 4 girls will share one room, Donald and his family will share one room and likewise, Scrooge's. Della, Duckworth, Beakly and Launchpad will have their own rooms. With that, everyone grabbed their respective baggage and went to their rooms located at the 10th storey of the resort.
"Afta dat, we go down fer dinner. Heard dis resort's fine dining is exquisite!" Scrooge told the family as they went inside the elevators that opened up in union as the family split up and headed to the designated level.
That night...
Unpacking during the evening was smooth as the family is already at the resort's dining hall helping themselves. Huey is seen taking some meatballs and gravy at the buffet area while behind him, Dewey is helping himself to the fried chicken cutlet and behind him, Louie just got served a bowl of soup which is cream of chicken and 2 butter rolls. For the girls, they're already seated eating and chatting together and likewise, the adults and the 3 little ducklings with their parents.
After dinner, most of the family went to have more fun. Huey, Dewey, Webby, Violet and Gosalyn went to the pool hall for some billiards while Louie took Lena back to the same shop to check out the accessories again. Donald, Daisy, their kids and Della went to buy some ice cream while Launchpad and Duckworth just stayed in their rooms.
Now it cuts to Scrooge's room as he's seen reading some messages in his phone. After that, "Dear, I'm gonna go see Beakly."
"Alright Scroogie and if you're done, you can join me for some bubbles." Goldie called out from the bathroom and she's giving Diamond a bath. Scrooge smiled over it as he left the room and headed straight to Beakly's room which is 3 rooms away from his'. He soon arrived and rang the doorbell. Beakly answered it and, "Perfect timing sir. Let's get down to business."
Inside, "Before this holiday, Ludwig delivered these new toys for us to utilize when we set out to Mt Neverrest tomorrow. Right now, a raging blizzard is ongoing tonight so here's what we've got." She opened a large briefcase containing the gizmos as she took them all out.
"Thermal gloves designed to melt ice with a touch from your hand." She then wore it as the glove emitted heat energy.
"Spiked metal boots designed to increase friction on ice enabling the user to walk on ice in any surface be it flat ground and walls made of ice. In addition to render the user immunity in slipping." She displayed the boots on the table.
"Improvised flash bombs and smoke bombs. The flash ones causes blindness with longer timing and the smoke ones releases a mixture of smoke and tear gas allowing a quick getaway enabling foes to feel the tear gas effect." She placed a cache containing the bombs in the form of canisters coloured white for flash and black for smoke.
"Perfect. These will come in handy. Tomorrow morning, we set out to tha mountain." Scrooge suggested. "Agreed." said Beakly and with that, Scrooge left the room and as he got out, he ran into the teens and they're laughing together. "Wot's so funny?" He asked. "Long story." Louie replied.
Flashback...
"Thanks for buying the accessories greenie." Lena thanked him as she took her shopping bag when, "Hey...I've seen this guy before..." Louie noticed surprising his girlfriend as he whipped out his phone.
At a shop that sells winter gear, "Yes, yes. I guarantee you that with the best gear that I have for you my friends, you won't have to worry about frostbites, colds and most importanltly, ice fever!" It appears that he's back. Yes, that so called conman who convinced Launchpad in the past about the gear, ice fever and whatever stuff he knew. As of now, he sold many of his merchandise to some mountain climbers at extravagant prices when, "Hey you! Remember me?" He looked to see Louie and his company but, "Nope. I don't know you..."
"Oh right. You don't. It's been too long hasn't it? Yes I remember now, you sold the same pointless gear to my pilot with plenty of deceit." Louie began as the customers started at the conman. "Uh...he's lying really! It's not what it looks like and believe me, your safety is my priority."
"Lying? Maybe, maybe not. Unless I recall that 'ice fever' is not real." Louie continued on and then walked to one of the climbers examining his gear. "Just as I thought. My pilot used my uncle's credit card and wow, all the gear cost hundreds! I remember buying my gear and they cost less than 50 dollars. Now tell me, you know what that means right?"
That was enough to make the climbers realize it as they glared at conman who then looked at Louie. "Now I remember you..." He thought when all of a sudden, he was grabbed and a mass beatdown took place. The teens laughed as they took their phones, recording the scene and posted it different social media platforms.
End Flashback...
Scrooge said nothing after meeting the teens as they already went to their rooms. He then went to his and there, Diamond now in her PJs is on the bed watching cartoons on TV while hugging her teddy bear she got on Christmas 2 years ago and for Goldie, he checked the bathroom and she was in the bath relaxing in the bubbles. She smiled when she saw him so silently, he stepped in closing the door shut.
"About time you came Scroogie, I was hoping you can wash my back." Goldie spoke to him as he undressed and got inside the in-ground bathtub as he cuddled to his wife. "Pass me tha soap so I can pleasure you clean my luv."
"As you wish." Goldie handed the soap to Scrooge as he washed her back and groped her at the same time. She moaned from it as the couple switched to a makeout session for a few minutes before resuming the washing and bathing. "We mustn't stay long luv. Our girl might be waiting fer us."
"Yes I know. Now after you wash me, I'll wash you next okay?" Goldie suggested. "I love tha way we bathe together." Scrooge replied as he washed her hair.
The next morning...
The rising sun rose up for the day and near Mt Neverrest, a portal opened up and Merlock, Magica and 20 cultists emerged from it. "The power of the cursed relic is nearby. And it's inside the mountain." Merlock began. "Start drilling!"
"As you command Lord Merlock!" The cultists got to work for they each brought a machine part besides their weapon of choice. They got to work assembling it and soon enough, "Get the drill drilling! Lord Merlock wants the way open!" A cultist ordered and the drill machine is operational with the drill beginning to slowly drill through the ice. "Now what?" Magica asked. "We wait." Merlock replied as he took out a thermos. "Hot chocolate?"
At the same time...
"Dewey! Why did you take 8 sausages?! It's too much and selfish of you to do that!" Huey chided his brother as Dewey sighed and returned 5 sausages. Behind them, Louie took 5 strips of bacon with Webby taking some grilled tomatoes and baked beans.
Near them, Lena and Violet are toasting bread via some conveyor toaster that allows the user to drop their bread in from the top and it comes out toasted at the bottom and beside them, Gosalyn just got 2 servings of omelette as she went to join the queue behind Webby.
For the adults, they already got their breakfast as on one table, Daisy is feeding the twins while Donald is feasting on his pancakes with butter and maple syrup. Launchpad had a meaty breakfast with 5 sunny side eggs, Beakly is stirring her coffee and eating a piece of buttered toast and Scrooge sat with his family as Goldie fed Diamond while her husband stirred his tea.
Just then, "No! No! Please let me stay! It's the only job I have! Have mercy!" All the guests looked to see the conman from yesterday night being dragged away by 2 security guards as Louie smirked at the sight. They soon left the hotel and, "Launch him out boys!" One of them ordered as another 2 guards pushed in a catapult. They put the conman on and, "MOMMY!" And there he goes flying in the air as the guards laughed at him.
He then crashed onto the snow and then, "Intruder!" A cultist called out as he looked up and saw the group. "Uh..."
"Pity. I don't know how you got here but this is where I need to put you out of the picture." Merlock channeled his magic as the conman panicked. "WAIT!"
"VEEOW!"
"Ha! Now he's nothing but ash and dust!" Magica gloated in satisfaction as the cultists laughed and, "Get back to work before you end up like him!" Merlock ordered and they complied.
Later on...
"WHEEEEEEEE!" Dewey and Webby cheered as they sled down on a slope. "Another round?" He asked. "Yeah!" She cheered as they went back up via cable car. Down there, Huey is seen rolling a snowball when, "Louie can you help me?"
"In 2 minutes."
"You've been using that excuse like about 10 times!" Huey groaned as near them, Gosalyn chucked a snowball at Lena and she threw another back at her while Violet just walked around observing some of the guests engage in winter activities. "I can't decide on where to get started on..." She thought as she gazed at Mt Neverrest. "A magnificent sight to behold..." She then decided to take a picture of it so using her camera that she brought with her. She got a view of it and took a few steps back, "Whoa!"
"VMMM!"
The next thing it happened, "Now where am I and how did I get here..." But then, "Wait...could this be..." She gasped and looked down. "Most unexpected." She took out her phone and monopod, attached them together and took a selfie. She then jumped through and soon enough, "Ah, back here in one piece." She smiled in relief when, "PLOP!"
"Ha! Gotcha Vi!" Lena called out as Gosalyn threw a snowball on her side.
While most of the family engaged in winter activities in the resort, Scrooge and Beakly have begun their quest as it cuts to the duo at the base of Mt Neverrest. "I remember an opening to tha mountain. All we have ta do is do some climbin an-"
"Not necessary." Beakly took out an explosive and planted it on the base of the mountain. It exploded creating a way in. "Bah! Fine then." Scrooge then peeked inside. Once the coast is clear, he gave her the thumbs up and they went in.
At the same time, "Lord Merlock. We have drilled the way in for you." A female cultist reported. "Well done. Secure the site and decimate anyone that wanders here. Magica and I will take it from here." Merlock ordered. "As you command." She replied and she went to give the order. Merlock then went in first. "A pathway that leads us down. Come Magica, the prize awaits us."
"Indeed. None will stand in our way." She replied as she joined him in.
Inside the mountain, Scrooge and Beakly used an ice path to carefully walk their way down. "Tha ice is too fragile. You said tha boots can let us walk on ice an sideways right?" Scrooge then activated his boots as sharp, metal spikes were activated and he planted himself on the side. "Not bad. Betta walk carefully."
"I should be the one to remind you on that." Beakly replied as she too activated her boots and they made their way down without any slipping.
At the same time, Merlock and Magica are descending down via a circular magical platform. "Steady as we go." said Magica and then, How deep is the relic?"
"Very deep. Don't worry, we'll make it in time." Merlock assured as they continued their descent.
Meanwhile, Scrooge and Beakly are walking down closer and carefully. "A slope!" Scrooge noticed. "That can give us an advantage. Hopefully it doesn't break under our weight." said Beakly as they detached onto a short pathway. They took the slope and it led them down fast. "Curse me kilts! We're going so fast we can't stop!"
"Even so, we don't know where the slope will end!" said Beakly and they're sliding down at a faster rate now and then, "FWIP!"
"SSSSSS..."
"Ha! Thermal gloves also negate collision!" Scrooge cheered looking at his gloves touching the ice that's melting away and the cold liquid flowing down onto his gloves. "Sir!" Beakly pointed at something and what he saw made him gasp.
"Tha cursed relic..." The data provided was indeed accurate for the Soulstone of Corruption lays frozen inside the large chunk of ice. "Melt it Beakly." He ordered. She nodded when, "Heh. Heh. Heh. For once you beat us to the relic. Impressive. I commend you for that."
"Merlock!" They exclaimed as he and Magica made their entrance as the magic platform was extinguished and they landed on foot. "I'll make sure our encounter will be short. Quick smash and grab and we're done."
"Not a chance!" Beakly drew out a staff that extended in length, charged and struck Merlock. He flinched a bit and laughed. "You expect me to rely on my magic huh? How naive, how foolish and how short-sighted you are." Suddenly, Merlock used his magic staff and struck Beakly! "Before I tampered into the magical arts, I mastered the art of staff fighting aka bojitsu!" He then delivered melee attacks forcing her into a defensive staff.
As for Magica, "Now's my chance to put this old money out of his misery!" She channeled her magic and fired bolts as Scrooge dodged them all. "Tell me somethin Magica, what do you gain fer workin fer Merlock?"
"Power! The power to grow stronger and to fulfill Merlock's ultimate plan!" Magica replied as she formed a shadow claw and manipulated it to slash him. "I bet she's watchin too much damn Pokemon dat tha lads an lasses often watched..." He thought as he leap out of the way of another shadow claw attack. "Nothing will stand in our way! The world will change..." Magica's eyes glowed with more dark magic and then, "Open yer damn eyes! Do you expect me to fear you just because yer a pawn to Merlock?!"
"Pawn? Ha! Naive Scrooge! I was gifted a greater power and with it, I can carry out his will and do what I like once he accomplished it!"
"And if ya do, will it make yer brother satsified with yer actions? I'm tellin ya, tha more"
"Don't you dare mention my brother! You are the reason why we got separated in the past and thanks to Merlock, he brought him back and now, I'll do whatever I can do for him! Nothing will change me! No one! Not even you!"
"Blast! It's like as if you threw all yer livelihood for this! Poe won't want to see this from you do you?"
"Shut up and die in hell Scrooge!" Magica recalled the shadow claws and then, launched dark orbs at Scrooge. He dodged them all as they collided into the ice taking some of them out in chunks.
As the fight from both sides dragged on, Beakly and Merlock continued sparring with some words of exchange. "It can do nothing without stopping me! How long do you think you can hold against me?' Merlock asked taunting her a bit. She smirked and gestured to her right. He looked and, "Oh? The ice is melting?"
"I planted something to melt the ice before our sparring. And with that, now!" Beakly called out and Scrooge smiled. "One step ahead of tha warlock." He thought with a smile as he struck an ice chunk hockey style at Magica. She gasped but quickly used her staff to break it while, "Our chance to claim it!" Scrooge leap for the cursed relic now no longer in it's ice prison...
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"CLANG!"
"CHAINS!" Scrooge found himself grabbed by, "Chains from the fiery abyss. Part of my magic." said Merlock as he manipulated the chains to restrain Scrooge and at the same time disarmed Beakly. Magica then created a prison made out of the shadows as she trapped Beakly in it. She tried to break free but felt a shock when touching the shadow prison with her hands. "This is too easy! And I won't do that if I wee you!" Magica taunted at her as Merlock approached the cursed relic. "You fools think you're one step ahead huh? Well, it really helped me well and I must thank you for that." He took the relic and, "Leave them Magica."
"Very well." They cancelled their magic freeing Scrooge and Beakly as Magica formed the platform again when, "We still got a trick up our sleeve!" Nodding at each other, they threw a combo of flash and smoke bombs directly at them. "FLASH! PSHHH!"
"CURSES! MY EYES!" Merlock felt the flash and likewise Magica as the Soulstone of Corruption dropped. "Got it!" Beakly acquired it when, "POOF!"
"Wot? It disappeared?" Scrooge was stunned as from above, "Imbeciles! I used my magic to create a fake replica should you both try to counterattack!" Magica boasted as she and Merlock regained their sight. "And the real one is right here!" Merlock showed it to them as it's being levitated by his magic staff. The 2 villains laughed as, "I praise you for the effort. Now I shall put you both out of your misery!" Suddenly, Merlock channeled his magic and unleashed it on the entire mountain! "You miscreant! Don't tell me-"
"Yes I've prepared your burial place. Farewell my unfortunate and hapless charlatans."
Meanwhile...
"How is this possible?!"
"No way! You're gonna make Uncle Scrooge piss on his winter clothes!"
"Heh! First to do it huh? How did you do it anyway?"
"OMG! I didn't expect you to do the impossible!"
It cuts to the teens talking to Violet as the picture she took really and posted some time ago has drawn so much attention in the social media. "It got like millions of likes within hours!" Gosalyn described when a rumbling sound was heard. "Earthquake? Avalanche?" Lena asked when, "Mt Neverrest!" Huey pointed out as many gathered to witness, "No...it's...it's..."
Nothing can be done as Mt Neverrest was reduced to nothing as many murmured about it. "Attention visitors. Please return to your rooms while the staff assess the current situation." A staff member ordered as all complied when, "Wait! What about Uncle Scrooge?!" Della recalled. "And granny!" Webby remembered but, "Sorry but we can't let you go to the scene of the destruction but we'll contact the search and rescue team to find them." The staff member assured to them when, "No need fer dat!" All gasped to see the 2 snow covered Scrooge and Beakly walking to them as they shook the snow off their winter attire. "Well?" Huey asked. "In my room now. We got a serious discussion ahead." Scrooge replied. "And I need a cup of hot chocolate and likewise, another fer Beakly!"
Inside the hotel room...
"THEY WHAT?!" Everyone was shocked to hear of this as, "10 cursed relics in their hands now. 2 more and dey can end evevythin on dis earth." said Scrooge. "Moreover, their magics grows even stronger as we speak." Beakly added. "What about Magica?" Lena asked. "She...she's even more twisted than ever." Scrooge began. "She doesn't care about anything but to bask in tha gifted power an serve Merlock with unquestionable loyalty. Even if I mentioned Poe, she just wants to blast me away." Scrooge replied shaking his head. "I promised Poe to bring her bak to her senses but I fear it's gonna be a difficult task at hand..."
"Yeah..." Lena understood those words back then. "But I ain't gonna let this setback affect me! Tha family will stop those vile roaches no matter what! Ducks don't back down! Tha family doesn't back down an there'll always be a way!" Scrooge declared as the family cheered for him. So true, the villains are at an advantage for now and yet, the family believes in hope.
And then, "Btw, you might want to hear this." Huey whispered it to Scrooge and, "SHE WOT!?" He then fainted as all laughed. "How unexpected of me to the be the first to do this..." Violet chuckled as she checked her trending post revealing that she was the first to be on top of Mt Neverrest. (Before it's destruction)
Oh no! The mountain! How can this happen!? Merlock has once again claimed another cursed relic and Magica refused to listen to Scrooge regarding her impending doom. Still, the family aren't quitters so let's see how they can deal with this. Next chapter will be unlikely unexpected. You'll all find out soon enough.
I also turned 26 yesterday and wow, this story is almost complete! A heads up will be that I got 10 chapters left and they're all in the midst of planning. It's starting to get close...and I can feel it. Whoa...Woo-hoo!
