Author : Wild-Melody

Disclaimer : Disney owns the Mighty Ducks, I just own Nightshade, Windracer, Skysong…um and any other you don't recall from the cartoon are probably mine too. If you wanna use one or more of them, go for it, I just want my credit where it's due! Or else I'm gonna come and find you and hunt you down with my pucklauncher…so what do you think of that? *Oh, they're shaking in their boots!* Shut up Wild-Fyre, no one asked you.

Warning : Well this chapter is pretty clean, maybe the NC-17 rating was a little extreme, but better safe than sorry I guess. *Like you'd know anything about that.* I said SHUT UP Wild-Fyre! *Humph!* Besides, the later chapters will become NC-17. *You really know how to write that kind of stuff?* GO AWAY Wild-Fyre! *Nah, this is way to much fun…*

Summary : Ok, so what happens when Mallory brings something more than just those needed herbs through that portal? What else managed its way through?

The Awakening

Chapter 5 : Shockwave

Mallory placed the herbs her mother told her she'd need on the small rickety table Wildwing had went and got for her. She combined the ducklyse and rosemary in a small bowl and sat them off to the side. Then she took the thyme, some strange looking plant she'd called horndyche, and a flower called Lily of the Valley and combined them in a bowl halfway filled with water and simmering over an open fire. Wildwing had also gotten the portable table cooker for her as well.

The strange scent of the cooking herbs and plants permeated through the control room and someone made a gagging noise. It didn't even affect Mallory, she was to deep in her concentration to care. She took a small pinch of something that looked like salt but smelled nothing like it and sprinkled it into the mixture simmering over the portable cooker.

As the mixture began to bubble the rest of the ducks were just able to make out that she started to mumble an incantation or something of the sort. She grabbed the bowl that contained the ducklyse and the rosemary and dropped them into the boiling mixture. She then picked up a lonely rose petal and dropped that into the mixture. A strange green smoke began to billow up from the potion and circle around Mallory's head. She didn't even take notice.

She picked up something that looked like finely ground sand but smelled far worse than a pig farm and dumped the whole entire container into the deadly mix. The green smoke turned into a bright purple plume of purple stuff (that's the only way to describe it: stuff!)

She began to recite the incantation faster and louder.

She closed her eyes and raised her hands towards the ceiling of the underground base. "And with this final component may this spell be complete!" she said loudly as she tossed in what looked like one of their feathers.

Across the room, in a direct line parallel to where Mallory stood a strange colored swirling mass of light flicked into existence and began to expand. Electrical arcs leaped from its center and a myriad of colors jumbled through its intense outer rings. It grew and expanded outwards and it's middle darkened to the colorless shade of black. Within it's depths the shadows of a planet they hadn't seen for several long years appeared. Grin stepped towards the portal, none of them would be able to fit through one so small.

A light radiated from the depths of the darkness and five strange balls of fire appeared from within the darkness, but soon passed through the opening of the portal and landed softly on the floor of the control room. Mallory was just preparing to close the portal when something else was suddenly pulled forth from the portal and landed with a resounding thump on the cold metal floor.

"What the-" Wildwing was just starting to say when he noticed a pair of strange brown eyes suddenly staring at him that hadn't been there a few seconds before.

"What in the name of Drake DuCaine happened?" a young voice asked as the owner picked herself up from the floor and gawked at the ducks that were gawking at her. "Who are-" the question ended mid-sentence as the young girl took notice for the first time of the gentle giant standing in the corner assessing the rest of the items that had made it through the portal. "Grin!" The name was spoken loudly and passionately.

Grin turned around to face the speaker and the grin that split his face had never before been seen by any of the other Mighty Ducks. "Shockwave!" Grin yelled as he made his way over to the young female.

The young female threw herself into Grin's arms and hugged him as tightly as she could. "I thought you had died after the invasion! Mom will be so happy to know that your still alive…" her voice trailed off as she took notice of her surroundings really for the first time. "I'm not on Puckworld any longer, am I?" she asked quietly.

Grin shook his head, "No, Shockwave, you are not. This is a planet called Earth."

The young duck looked up at Grin, her burnt ember eyes gazed at him with confusion. "I don't recall any planet by that name in any of the neighboring systems." she said.

"We're in a different dimension." Was all Grin said.

"Oh." Shockwave said, she left go of Grin and turned around to look at the rest of the ducks assembled in the room. "Hello," she said tentatively. She pushed one of her dark brown tresses from her face and smiled shyly.

Mallory stepped forward and offered her hand to the young duck. "I'm Mallory McMallard, Puckworld Special Forces…or at least I use to be." She said with a slight grin on her face. "Now I guess I'm just part of the Mighty Ducks hockey team since there is no Puckworld Special Forces on this planet."

"Um, hi," the young duck said and hesitantly shook Mallory's hand. "My name is Shockwave, I'm Grin's little sister."

Everyone turned to look at Grin, "I never knew that you had a sister!" Nosedive said, "And such a cute one too!" Shockwave turned to look at who had said that. Nosedive walked up to her with a wacky grin on his face. "Hey, I'm Nosedive Flashblade, that's my brother Wildwing, he's the team captain." Nosedive smiled his best 'Your gonna melt at my feet,' smile and waggled his eyes at the young lady.

Shockwave laughed at him, "Something wrong with your eyes there Mister I'm the Team's Captain's Little Brother?" She asked.

Everyone snickered and the smile immediately dropped from the Nosedive's face, "Huh?" he asked taken aback that she didn't melt at his feet, any other girl would've!

Shockwave ignored him and turned to face the rest of the Mighty Ducks team, she smiled shyly up at Duke, "Hi," was all she said, a slight blush creeping up her face beneath her light brown feathers.

"Hi," Duke said a huge smile crossing his face as his eyes clashed with Nosedive's. "The name is Duke, and it's a pleasure ta meet ya Shockwave."

"Hi ya, um…um, Shockwave, I'm Tanya," a nasally voice said from behind Duke. Shockwave poked her head around Duke and noticed for the first time the only other female besides Mallory. Tall and slightly plump, but not much, her hair was a cascading eruption of blond atop her head, 'Wave tried in vain not to laugh, but didn't succeed.

Tanya blushed, "Um, what?" she asked in that same nasally voice which only made Shockwave laugh all the harder. A perplexed look crossed Tanya's face.

"I'm sorry, it's just your voice reminds me of something…" she paused as she was set into a new fit of laughter. "Something that happened to Grin a while ago…" the laughter continued.

All eyes suddenly turned towards Grin, "Don't you dare Shockwave!" The gentle giant threatened.

Shockwave stopped laughing momentarily, just long enough to look up at her brother. "And why daresn't I?" she asked, her ember eyes danced merrily.

"Cause I'll turn you over my knee, you're still little enough that I can do that." The reply came and Shockwave immediately became quiet. The rest of the Ducks looked from one sibling to the other, disbelieving the new side of Grin they were seeing. The philosophical mumbo jumbo was gone and a normal duck stood before them.

"Its amazing what family can do…" Mallory quietly heard Wildwing say, as if he wasn't saying it to no one and yet everyone. She was just about to say something to him about it when a blinding wave of pain shot through her body. She didn't remember crying out, but was sure she did…nor did she recall Wildwing catching her as she fell to the floor unconscious. Voices distant and light reached her ears but she was to far gone to understand the meanings behind them. The only voice that managed to penetrate the fog that was quickly wrapping itself around her confused brain was evil and cruel. "You should have chosen me Flaming Bird, now you must die…"

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Teaser from Chapter 6:

*Who…who are you?* the question floated through the silence, unspoken.

*I am an Angel,* the reply came just as a being materialized in front of the dying duck. *I have come to guide you home…*