Guess what? I wrote this the day I posted the last chapter…but I decided to torture the audience for a while with my cliffhanger! Ah, the rewards of being a fanfic writer…*Throws head back and laughs evilly * MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA cough cough HA cough HA wheeze ha…huh…*THUMP*
Only Second Best
Chapter 9
"We've done it, Lord Dragonus! The refinery is in flames!" said Seige, walking into the control room.
"Excellent…" sneered the overlord, smoke coming from his nostrils. "More chaos for the humans to face…then this world will be mine!" He rubbed his hands together in delight. "Now," he said, faceing his henchmen. "I want you to go after that other Duck. The one you bummleing idiots forgot last time. Bring him here!"
"That's the good news, my lord," said Wraith. "He was in the refinery when it blew!"
"What?"
"He obviously detected us planting the bombs and came to investigate…" started Wraith.
"…And was there when the whole place went sky-high!" Siege finshed happily.
"He's most likely a roast Duck by know…" sneered Wraith.
"Wonderful!" exclaimed Dragonus. "You three have finally done something right! I can't wait to break the news to the others…" He grinned evilly.
The other Mighty Ducks were tied up in Dragonus's main chamber. They couldn't think of a way to break free, so they gave up temporarily.
"It's useless to try to escape me…" the Saurian sneered.
"I wouldn't bank on it!" shouted Wildwing. "May I remind you that you haven't captured the whole team? So it isn't as useless as you may think!"
Dragonus only laughed. "Fool! I guess it's time to tell you what happened to your little friend! The one we missed? Remember him?"
"What about Nosedive?"
"Well, he stumbled across the refinery where we were putting our plan into action. When they went off…well…let's just say dinner is well done…" The scene of the explosion snapped onto the screen behind him.
The Ducks' jaws dropped open. Wildwing could only shake his head in disbelief.
"Captain Klegghorn?" asked the officer, coming into the office.
Klegghorn shoved his doughnut into his desk. "What?!?"
"We've received a call saying that the oil refinery on Park drive has blown up. The fire department has responded, and they say we should too."
"Very well. Assemble a team! I smell a bunch of Ducks…those good-for-nothing 'crime-fighters'. Ha. GET MOVING!" The officer scurried out of the room. Klegghorn went back to his doughnut.
"I can't believe it…Nosedive's…" Mallory couldn't say the words.
"We can't be sure. It may be a trick…" Tanya suggested. But her heart told her otherwise.
"What about Canard?" asked Duke. "What about him?"
"He could've been there when the refinery went. Or he could've been someplace else. We don't know. Dragonus doesn't know about him yet. He could be anywhere," said Tanya.
"He could be gone, too…" Mallory said. Grin lowered his head.
"Dive's not dead."
They all turned to Wilwing. He was staring out into space. "He's not dead. He can't be dead. He's alive…"
"Wildwing…"
"No! I refuse to believe it. Until I see can his body, my brother is not dead."
"He's in denial…" whispered Duke.
"He has a point…" said Grin.
"Draggy could be mistaken. Like Wing says, until we find him, we can't be sure," said Tanya.
The others tried hard to believe that. Grin slipped back into meditation.
"Did someone get the number of that bus?" Nosedive said, dazed. He sat up and rubbed his head. His body ached all over.
Canard moaned. He sat up and coughed fiercely. "Ow…" he mumbled.
The refinery was in flames. Smoke rolled into the air. The heat was intense.
"We're alive?" Canard said weekly.
"Guess so…" Nosedive said, pinching his arm to be sure. "But how?"
"When the tank blew, we were thrown across the refinery, so we weren't hit…or something…" Canard rubbed the soot out of his eyes.
The Ducks had minor injuries, a few minor burns and bruises. And the aches. But they were alive.
"We gotta get out of here before anything else goes!" said Nosedive. They ran over to where they had left the Duckscycles. It was very hot, almost unbearable. They had to be careful not to get too close to the flames.
One of the Duckcycles had been crushed in the explosion. The other one looked ok, so Dive picked it up and mounted it.
"What am I supposed to do?!" yelled Canard.
"Stay here! It'd make my day!" Dive yelled back. Canard grumbled and climbed on back of the cycle behind Dive.
"Just get us out of here…" he said. They sped off down the road.
"What are we going to do with the Ducks, lord Dragonus?" asked Siege.
"I don't know…" said Dragonus. "But whatever it is…it'll be fun…"
TO BE CONTINUED…
