Another chapter that, once again, wouldn't have happened without my best friend and co-author, MistyLilyValley, helping me! I thought i had posted it last week but i was sadly mistaken.


Chapter 5:

"Darn it! It's bad enough I have to deal with Dorkwing Duck! Now I have to deal with you too?!" Megavolt shouted.

Twilight shrugged, taking out her grapple gun and shooting it at him, the grapple wrapping around his body, pinning his arms to his sides. "You say that like it's a bad thing." Pushing another button on her gun, the rope tightened and she threw him against the wall not too far from Darkwing and Launchpad, who had by this point stood up. Megavolt's eyes spun before he passed out.

Darkwing glared at Twilight. "I had everything under control, you know ... you ... you ..."

"It didn't look like that way to me. And, I'm sure the correct term is ... Miss." Twilight said, rolling her eyes.

"Wow, DW, Megavolt sure did a number on the building though. Look at that!"

Darkwing sighed. "Thank you, LP. I can see that."

Launchpad looked at Twilight, like he was just now taking notice of her. "So, who's the new hero?"

"Why did you ask ...?" Twilight started to say her introduction again, but she was cut off by Darkwing. "Yes, yes! I've heard it before. Thank you, but, again ... I didn't need any help!"

"Wait a minute, don't I help you?" Launchpad asked, turning to Darkwing with a confused expression.

"You're special," Darkwing said, beginning to walk off. As he passed Twilight, the shorter hero stopped him with her gun, glaring up at him.

"I believe what you want to say is 'Thanks for the help', and you're welcome."

Darkwing growler and stomped out the door. "Right. Now, if you'll excuse us ... He's getting away! After him, Launchpad!" Twilight looked and saw that Megavolt had indeed gotten free of her ropes and made his getaway.

Shaking her head, she chuckled, starting to run after Darkwing. "You're not getting rid of me that easy! I'm on patrol tonight. He's mine!"

Darkwing growled as he and Launchpad began to run after him faster as Twilight took out her gun, shooting the grapple from building to building, both heroes trying to outdo the other.

As he ran, Megavolt looked up. He laughed. "Aww shucks, guys, don't fight after me! I was just having a little fun!" Turning to the viewers, he continued. "Well, isn't that a shock!"

"Shut up!" Both heroes shouted. "Get back here!"

The chase didn't last too much longer. Soon enough both Darkwing and Twilight had Megavolt wrapped up tight, Darkwing currently shouting at Twilight that he was the one who caught him.

"Does it really matter who got him?" Twilight asked. "As long as he's off the streets, then who cares."

Darkwing glared at her. "Come on, LP, let's get out of here."

"Right behind ya, DW!" Launchpad yelled, running after the shorter duck. As he ran he turned to Twilight. "Thanks for the help, TD!"

Twilight waved awkwardly before going out to her own ride. Climbing onto it, she rode back to her new hideout. Hopefully she could get the linking tunnel from here to Amelia's apartment. Then all she had to do was link her new house to it when she got that.

She ended up being out late again and when she got back in the early hours of the morning she was once again faced with an extremely annoyed Amelia.

"What happened to no more late nights?" Amelia said.

"It wasn't my fault that Megavolt decided tonight would be a good night to steal from the bank." Chase said.

"Surprisingly, you don't seem as tired today." Amelia said, crossing her arms.

"Because not only did I have to deal with Megavolt but I also had to deal with Darkwing and his enormous ego."

Amelia sighed. "Just take it easy at work today and make sure you at least try to get a good night's sleep tonight."

Chase nodded. "I think I can manage that." She started to walk to her and Skye's room when a thought crossed her mind. She turned back around. "Lia, Skye was wondering if she could invite her new friend, Gosalyn, over one day."

"I think we can manage that." Amelia replied.

Chase smiled and continued to her room, taking a quick shower before getting ready for the day.

The paper was slow that day. No stories really worth putting in the paper ever came up and Chase found herself disappointed. Too bad no one had caught the joint capture of Megavolt by Darkwing and Twilight.

On her break, she was startled by her cell phone ringing. Taking it out of her pocket, she answered it, saying, "This is Chase Canvasback." She hoped it was someone calling in a story but she was surprised when she instead heard the voice of Skye's school principal.

"Ms. Canvasback? Could you please come in?"

"Is something wrong?"

"There was an incident involving your niece on the playground today."

Chase sighed, running a hand over her face. "I'll come as soon as I can." And she hung up, groaning. She got up and went to her boss's office. "Sir, I need to leave early today."

Her boss looked up at Chase, eyebrow raised. "Why's that?"

"I need to go pick up my niece. There was a problem at school."

"Ordinarily I'd say no but since things are so slow then I suppose it's alright." Chase nodded her thanks, grabbed her backpack from her desk and ran out the door, taking the elevator to the ground floor. Running out the door to her car, she quickly put on her seatbelt and started driving to Skye's school.

When she got there, she jogged to the office, finding that she wasn't the only one who had been called there. A duck who was probably a few inches taller then Chase who was wearing a pink shirt under a green sweater vest was also running to the office. Once arriving, they took notice of each other. The male duck smiled awkwardly.

"Got a call about my daughter. Apparently she got in a fight."

"My niece got into a scuffle too." Chase said.

The taller duck sighed. "Kids." Chase nodded in agreement. The older duck stuck out his hand. "Drake Mallard."

"Chase Canvasback." Chase said, shaking Drake's hand.

"Hey, you're the journalist from the St. Canard Chronicle."

Chase waited a second before the surname clicked in her head. "Is Gosalyn Mallard your daughter by any chance?" Drake nodded. Chase grinned. "My niece told me that Gosalyn said you're a fan of my work."

Drake looked the other way. "It has many good points."

Meanwhile in the office, the two girls were sitting in chairs, anxiously awaiting their guardians. They could hear them outside the door and could hear their conversation. Gosalyn snickered.

"Dad's stumbling over his words. I haven't seen him that flustered." She said. Skye looked at the older girl in confusion.

"I don't think I've ever heard Aunt Chase like that either." Skye said. "The only people I ever saw acting weird around each other were my mom and dad."

Gosalyn got a mischievous look on her face. "I just had a thought. What if my dad and your aunt like each other?"

"I don't know. Are you sure?" Skye asked. "What if they don't?"

"With the way they're talking, I'd be surprised if they didn't."

Back outside, Chase and Drake had continued a discussion on some of Chase's articles. They were just getting to another one when the door to the office opened. "Mr. Mallard? Ms. Canvasback? You can come in now." Drake and Chase looked at the principal and followed her inside.

As they walked inside, they saw their girls sitting in chairs against the wall. Both were battered, Gosalyn a bit more then Skye which indicated that it had been the older girl that had engaged in the fighting. Drake glared at Gosalyn, who crossed her arms, a glare on her face.

When Chase looked at Skye, the child had her arms wrapped around herself, looking anywhere but at her aunt. She sighed. She was going to listen to the story and then get Skye's side.

The principal explained that during recess, a boy named Tanker Muddlefoot, the older brother of Gosalyn's best friend, Honker, had approached Skye, teasing her. Gosalyn has stepped in to defend her new friend and when Tank didn't stop, Gosalyn ended up punching him in the face. Skye got pulled in when she tried to pull Gosalyn off of Tank. Tank's parents had already been called and he had been suspended.

"We don't tolerate this kind of behavior so I'm afraid I'm going to have to suspend the girls."

"For how long?" Chase asked.

"A week should do fine. They can collect their homework when they return."

Drake and Chase nodded, walking over to the girls. Drake crossed his arms, fixing Gosalyn with a glare. "You are in so much trouble when we get home, young lady."

"You didn't hear the things he called Skye!" Gosalyn exclaimed. "Just listen to my side!" Drake shook his head and, grabbing Gosalyn's arm, led the eleven-year old out the door.

Chase sighed and knelt down in front of Skye. "Are you okay, lass?" Skye glanced over at Chase, nodding before looking away. Chase looked closer at Skye, seeing small bruises littering the girl's face. When she pushed up the sleeves of her purple hoodie, Chase saw that there were even some on her arms Chase stood, taking Skye's hand and leading her out to the car.

The drive home was quiet and when they arrived at the apartment neither Amelia nor Jordan were home, which Chase thought was good. She wanted to have some time alone with Skye. She led Skye into their room and sat her down on her bed.

"You want to tell me what happened?" Chase asked. Skye didn't say anything and Chase pulled the ten-year old close. "I know I'm not your mom, but you can still tell me anything."

Skye looked up at Chase and finally spoke. "We were at recess and the boy, Tank, came up to where Gosalyn and I were playing. He pushed me and started saying how me having no parents was stupider then Gosalyn having a single adopted one. He made fun of me being taken care of by my aunt. Gosalyn got mad and punched him. I got pulled in when I tried to pull Gosalyn off of him, cause I was always taught to ignore bullies."

Chase smiled and hugged Skye. "I'm proud of you for trying not to get pulled in. You probably should have gone to a teacher first, but I'm glad you tried to help your friend. Amelia did that for me sometimes when we were young."

Skye looked at Chase in confusion. "What do you mean?"

Chase chuckled. "My parents, your mother and I originally lived in Scotland. When I was ten, my father got a new job in Duckburg so we had to move. I was a Scottish kid growing up in an American school and sometimes bullies picked on me. But I always fought back and the bullies would always end up more battered then I did. Sometimes, Amelia would either go get your mom or pull me off the bullies herself. I usually ended up suspended every time. But I learned that bullies are something many schools have. It took your mother having you when I was fifteen to put things into perspective for me. I couldn't keep letting bullies get what they wanted from me. So from that point on, I ignored anybody who tried to make fun of me."

Skye nodded, leaning closer to Chase. "Sounds like you were an even bigger troublemaker than what I've seen from Gosalyn."

Chase laughed. "I suppose so. Hey, how about we take care of those bruises and get you something to eat?" Skye nodded and the two went to the kitchen.

Later that afternoon, Chase's cell buzzed in her pocket. Taking it out, her heart nearly stopped when she read the message. "I'm not sure where you're hiding, but just know that you haven't seen the last of me ... MM"


There we go. A first meeting between Chase and Drake. Hope you guys liked it! I enjoyed writing the fight between Darkwing, Twilight and Megavolt.