Freeman's Odyssey
Chapter 8
Explosive results
St. Canard
Gordon Freeman, Darkwing, the Justice Ducks and so many others in a combined effort are doing battle against these monstrosities until something happened as Gordon's suit picked up a reading and a very familiar one as thunder is heard in the background. He checked out the display screen upon his left forearm to discover something very startling as the energy readings are off the scale. Gordon knows what this is and the others stopped to look up to see they have never seen before in which none of them know what to make of it.
A blue 'wave' which resonates from a source like tornado and moves across the landscape near St. Canard, negating gravity as it goes. As a result, any object in its path would suffer damage from the brief weightlessness effect. Objects and buildings momentarily rise up and down suffering damage as a single image can be seen from in this object to darkwing it is the nega-verse. In which this hole is growing larger by the minute. Everyone else is in shock and awe as they don't know what to make of it. But Gordon knows what this is as this is a method of Combine travel and among other things.
Everyone except for Gordon has the same thought in mind, what is this thing?
"A portal storm." said Gordon
Everyone just looked at him in blank stares as if they do not know what he is talking about. Gordon sighed at their lack of intelligence as he will explain what a portal storm is and does.
"A, what now" asked, Dark wing in confusion.
"A portal storm." said Gordon "A convergence of energies between two points in time and space that systematically breaking down the barriers between dimensions. Certain phenomenon's can happen during a portal storm like a slow down of time, weightless and other numerous effects. When opened objects can go in or come out in the rate of minutes or seconds."
"Right…." said, Gizmo duck slowly "So, why it is getting bigger?"
Gordon cleared his throat and said "The rate the portal storm is expanding it will overtake your dimension causing both dimensions to become one dimension, as it is called Resonance Cascade. It won't just happen here, it will happen all over your dimensional world as more portals will open up."
"How do we stop it?" asked Morgana
Gordon rubbed his hairy goatee for a moment and continued to add to the conversation "I can create a portal within a portal, to slow it down from expanding any further, to completely collapse it you would need to fire a tactical nuclear weapon at point blank range at the portal. This effect would cause the event horizon to collapse between dimensions and completely destroying the source of the portal storm, namely the nega-verse that villain nega-duck is from."
"I can help by using all the magic I have." said Morgana "I did recently absorb all the most powerful spells books I have, to help you slow it down, but I guess modern weaponry needs to collapse it."
"That's crazy." said Gizmo duck "Surely there is another way."
"It has to be done here and now." glared coldly at Gizmo duck "So, there is no other way, if you call yourself a hero then have the guts to actually be one."
"But how to get" said Darkwing "A tactical nuclear weapon here in time before it is too late."
"Director Hooter has the answer my dear fellow "said Blunt in a flawless like British accent "Did you get all of that?"
Indeed, I did said, the director Hooter from SHUSH headquarters.
Meanwhile, at SHUSH headquarters
Lauchpad as he feels powerless and useless to help now that he is grounded. He should be fighting along side DW as Launchpad is DW's side kick. However, he understands he can only get in the way, as he sighed deeply and takes a deep breath through his beak.
Sometimes he wished he can be a hero, but right now to him the situation seemed to be hopeless, but he stands there watching the view screen along with DW's daughter as Director Hooter of SHUSH is taking to his top agent Derek Blunt about an idea. J. Gander Hooter just nodded and turned to look at Launchpad in which he motioned for the side kick to follow him as Gosalyn followed along with him in wondering what plan Hooter has.
It didn't take them long to find a airplane that comes equipped with a tactical nuclear weapon in a form of a missile, the air plane has one seat for the pilot to be in. The wing span wasn't long and did not have any other weapon systems besides the tactical nuclear weapon upon its belly. J. Gander Hooter turned around and looked at them studying their movements as the director of SHUSH does things as his own pace from time to time before making an important decision.
"Mr. McQuack." said Hooter "This air plane maybe slow, but it does pack a wallop in a way we were going to use it some day just in case of some full scale invasion of the Nega-verse. Tell me my boy, are you willing to do this."
Luanchpad stares at it momentarily and said "All right I am in, you need a pilot and you got one, me."
"Are you sure about this?" asked Gosalyn
"I am!" said McQuack his eyes narrowed with serious determination.
"Good luck." said Gosalyn
"Get in Mr. McQuack." said Hooter "And save the world.
Launchpad McQuack hopped on board the air plane as he sits in the cockpit of the air plane and the ramp raises the air craft to the top of the roof of SHUSH headquarters. Then using the roof as the runway the plane takes off into the sky and heads into the city in a slow pace, but fast enough to be there as Lauchpad can see the portal storm up ahead and expanding a bit. But there is always one thing he wanted to do in an air plane as he takes a cassette tap out of his pocket and puts it in the cassette slot as the music danger zone is played in the background, he puts on his goggles as he is now on his way.
"The package is on its way." said Hooter to Flint
Copy that said flint over the communications device
Back in the area!
"It's on its way ETA," said Flint "A few minutes."
"All right here is the plan." said Gordon "Darkwing and the rest of you keep what is left of their forces busy, Morgana and I will do what needs to be done. Morgana teleport the both of us to that spire on the highest point of St. Canard."
"Right." said Darkwing "Ok justice ducks, let's get extremely dangerous."
Off to battle they go.
Gordon with the help of Morgana teleported the both of hem to the highest point of St. Canard. Gordon used the replication system as he replicated a portal gun and fired a portal at the every expanding portal storm, another portal opened up in the portal storm as it slowed down a bit but not stopping it; Morgana summoned all of her magic and fired magical energies at the portal within the portal to try to stop it. She is struggling to keep it together, but she is doing it out of love of her life Darkwing duck as he resolve hardened to the point she will not stop.
Launchpad McQuack is flying as fast as he can in the aircraft provided by SHUSH as the nuclear tactical missile is as there are two switches to fire the missile and to activate the countdown in which that is roughly only thirty seconds. He hoped it would be enough time to fly away in a hurry or his goose is toast.
He can hear the music danger zone in the background and on the ground as he knows what is going on, but did not bother to even look as his friend DW and others are fighting what is left of Nega-ducks forces as it comes down to this very moment, he isn't as useless as people believe and he could of sworn for a moment he saw an image of a face of a person suddenly appear and disappear as some words that were not his own thoughts at all were heard in his head.
Not as useless as you believe Misster McQuack
He shrugged it off as nothing as he got close to the portal really close, now it is time as he pressed a button to activate the countdown. Then he pressed the other button to fire the missile. Seconds later nothing happened, uh-oh something is wrong as his planes computer reported an error as the launcher malfunctioned. Damn it, not now, not at his time.
Lauchpad is getting close now as he needed to fire the missile now. He could eject, but the plane would spin out of control, no he won't do that as it takes an expert pilot to be in control. He breaths in deeply and smirked, in which he has come to understand this is the end and he is going out with a bang, a very big bang.
"Everyone." said Luanchpad over the radio "It's been nice knowing you, but this duck has got to fly." He signed off afterwards.
Then his plane heads into where it needs to be.
"If you don't know how to fly." said Launchpad as he closed his eyes embracing death with no fear "Then don't mess with the eagles."
As he uttered those last words the tactical nuclear weapon exploded right in the event horizon.
"KABOOM!"
At the same time in the Nega-verse Nega-duck is sitting upon his throne savoring and enjoying his moment in victory in mere moments both dimensions would be become one. Then time stopped for a moment as he looked and spotted a man smiling at him as he wore a business suit and a brief case, Nega duck growled in annoyance at this man's smile.
"Such foolish villainy" said the G-man
Nega-duck blinked and rises from his throne to attack the man, but he simply vanished, time began again and a loud explosion is heard in the background. Looking up his eyes widened in shock and awe as it would be the last thing he would ever see again. In which everything faded to white as his body was incinerated into complete nothingness along with his Nega-verse dimension.
Back at the original universe, the portal finally closed in a display of sounds and color as everyone got word from SHUSH's radio Luanchpad McQuack piloted the plane inside the event horizon and a explosion occurred as SHUSH technicians discovered a malfunction in the missile launcher. By that time everyone on the ground has gathered after doing their jobs by defeating the last remaining forces of Nega-duck.
The scene of the city of St. Canard looked chaotic, many people killed and escaped. Buildings damaged or destroyed, but most important everyone is alive, but battered from all the fighting, as it will take a long time to recover. Darkwing duck is on his knees and crying at the sacrifice of his sidekick, tears rolled down his eyes and onto his beak as Morgana went to comfort him with a comforting shoulder to her love of her life. Drake Mallard or Darkwing duck looked up at her with a look of why. She smiled back and nodded with a look of because he can.
Everyone else looked up in the air in the same regard and cried a bit, soldiers did nothing, but salute and fire their weapons up in the air for respects. Gordon on the other hand remained emotionless as he has seen death before, this is what is being a hero is all about as he never wanted to become one, but fate has strange was of playing tricks on people.
Starts with Black Mesa, continued with the uprisings and now it goes on to the Odyssey if he lives through this it will be the greatest story never told. He chuckled silently in which it is a habit for him to survive overwhelming odds. Gordon walked up to Darkwing and stopped for a moment.
"Darkwing." said Gordon. "He did his job and you should be proud of him."
"It's all your fault." growled Darkwing "If you had not come here, none of this would have happened."
"No." said Gordon "If I was not here, it would have been a lot worse. Your dimension would be the next conquered dimension by the Combine. Your children would be dead, you would have been slaves either mutated or even worse, so" he pointed his finger right at the chest of the duck "You're welcome in saving your lives, my instruments scanned this dimension as it is closed off to the Combine now that the Nega-verse is gone."
"He's right dark." said Morgana "That means no more Nega-duck."
"Well," sighed darkwing as he stares at the chaos in his city "We better get started and thanks, come on guys lets go honor a hero, care to tag along Gordon."
"Sure why not," said Gordon "I can tell you my tale and a warning about the Combine."
Gordon Freeman begins his long tale of the Combine, himself and other matters as well as everyone just listened on.
St. Canard
The Next day!
Everyone is at the funeral of Luanchpad McQuack including his old employer of Scrooge McDuck who decided to attend to pay respects to the best pilot in the world and an employee who once worked for him. Once the funeral was done a few people stayed longer to stick around before leaving as Darkwing kneeled down with one leg, put his hand upon the grave and bowed his head in respects. Gordon is there as well in which Darkwing then got up and walked away in which walking besides him is Morgana and his daughter. Scrooge McDuck stayed the longest for awhile as he paid for the gravestone to have a marked that reads.
World Greatest Hero
Luanchpad McQuack.
R.I.P
"Goodbye, my friend." said scrooge "You may have been, an idiot but you were my idiot." He sighed "See you again someday."
"So, your Scrooge Mcduck." said Gordon "I've heard a lot about you."
"That I am sir," said scrooge with a Scottish accent "I am the world's richest duck."
"Only in this dimension." smiled Gordon
"What?" shouted scrooge "Who? Tell me who is richer than I am….tell me!" He growled at the thought of someone being richer than he is.
"It's a secret," said Gordon as he walked away.
Scrooge McDuck ranted and raved about this.
Freeman's log
Launchpad McQuack the world's greatest hero in his dimension full of strange animals that talk and act as everyday people, darkwing another hero with serious flaws. The real heroes are not I or anyone else it is the people who survive and live in memory of what transpired in this day. I shall we leaving this dimension full well knowing it will bring a lot of memories perhaps I will come back someday only time will tell.
End log.
Gordon Freeman activates a portal by a simple press of button and a portal opens up in front of him as he steps inside, once he steps inside he disappears into the portal along with him.
In another dimension
In a room of a modern family in the suburbs of an American state in which the room looks like a baby's room with some toys and objects. Swearing is coming from another room within the room as a white animal walked in and went into another room to find a small Caucasian boy who looks annoyed and angry at something the white animal shook his head as he sees some sort of machine before him but it looks incomplete.
"Ah this sucks." said the small boy "Worse than watching the pickers pick in the White house."
"What wrong?" asked the animal "Lost your mind."
"Oh shut up." sighed the boy "I am missing something that does not exist in which it hasn't been invented yet."
"Puberty would be a start for you." chuckled, the animal.
"No, no," said the boy as he slapped the animal in the face "I need a zero-point-g-modulator that harnesses a certain type like that I will become invincible, finally I will be able to rule the world."
The animal gave off a blank stare.
"A gravity gun." shouted the boy "God damn for an animal you are dense."
"No, because something like that doesn't exist." said the animal "You would have to build one."
The boy just rolled his eyes at this
"Even the parts don't exist," said the boy "Oh, well back too—"
"CRASH!"
The boy and the dog look the window to discover a car was blasted into the opposite direction, then shattering to pieces. The both of them spotted a strange man who is armored with a weapon as the boys eyes light up like Christmas lights as he sees what he wants and is drooling at the object in mind. The animal looked stunned but noticed something familiar about the human who just did that in which he must have seen him on television.
"You know he looks like Huge Laurie from house." said the animal
"Who cares," said the boy "That weapon will be mine, oh yes it will be mine….let's get him." The boy runs off.
"Wait come back." said the animal, and then muttered "I better make sure he does not do anything stupid."
The animal leaves as well.
To be continued!
After leaving another dimension, Gordon arrives in a very normal place however it isn't anything but normal as the town itself has a few strange people. While exploring he is being confronted by the most unexpected evil and a talking animal who want Gordon's gravity gun.
Chapter: 9
That Gordon Guy