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Hey! Lookie here! Chapter 10! Yay! I deserve a round of applause! Whole room is silent Ok, fine…I get the point.

I have no idea how much longer this fic will be…hopefully it'll be over soon cuz I'm tired of writing it!

(I know it's short I just wanted it posted! Sorry!)

Only Second Best

Chapter 10

"Now, where is it that we're going exactly?" Canard asked.

"Somewhere…" Nosedive replied. Truth be told, he had no idea where to search for the Raptor. But he couldn't let Canard know that. So he was faking it.

"Where?"

'Stupid Duck, doesn't he ever shut up?' Nosedive thought to himself. He came to a stop and dismounted his cycle.

"Where do you think you're going?" asked Canard. They were in an alley between a couple of apartment buildings. Dive jumped and grabbed onto a fire escape ladder that was above him and climbed up onto a balcony. "What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to get away from you," said Dive coolly. He continued to climb.

"Get back here!" shouted Canard. He ran over and tried to climb onto the ladder, but was finding some difficulties. "Oof…ack…Nosedive! Uh…huff huff…Dive!" He finally grabbed it and climbed up the ladder. He ran up the fire escape after Dive. He pulled himself onto the roof.

"Look, this is no time to be ditching teammates when the others…"

"Cool your jets, man! I'm just trying to get some decent readings without interference! Geez!" Dive snapped, fiddling with his comm.

"Then why'd you tell me you were trying to escape me?" Canard asked, hands on his hips.

"Cuz I hate you…cuz you're an asshole…" Nosedive replied.

"Shut up, we don't have time for this now. We have to find the others," Canard spat. He walked over and looked out over Anaheim. "Wow…what a view…this city's beautiful…"

"We don't have time to admire the scenery, we have to find the others…" Dive sneered sarcastically.

"What are you doing, anyway?" Canard asked bitterly, whirling around.

"Trying to find Wing an' the others…I told you…"

"With your comm.?"

"They have homing devices, moron."

"Shut up, you little punk!"

"Leave me alone! Go back to Dimensional Limbo! I'm not begging you to stay, y'know…"

"You need my help."

"I CAN DO IT MYSELF!" shouted Nosedive. "I don't need your help! I can do this just fine with out you!"

"You ungrateful little brat…"

Nosedive closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. 'Easy Dive, don't let this creep get to you…'

Suddenly his com beeped wildly. "I found them! They're close!" Nosedive cheered.

"Let's go!" Canard said, running to the ladder. Dive walked to the edge of the roof and climbed up onto the ledge.

"What are you doing!?" Too late. Dive jumped off the roof.

'Great, now he's committing suicide!' Canard thought angrily to himself. He watched in horror as Dive tumbled to the ground. He grabbed onto a rail and landed on the Duckcycle. He flipped on the ignition switch and put his helmet back on.

"Hurry up, or I'll leave without you!" shouted Dive, flipping a few switches. Canard shut his jaw and ran down the stairs. Dive was just about to take off when he reached the bottom.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed?" asked Canard, mounting the cycle. Dive immedialty sped off. Canard held on for dear life until he got himself situated.

"It was quicker…"

'How does Wildwing put up with this?' Canard thought to himself.

"Does anyone know how we are supposed to get out of this mess?" asked Mallory.

"I'm thinking…" said Tanya.

"If anyone gets any ideas, be sure to let us know," said Wildwing.

"This sucks," said Grin.

The other Ducks turned and stared. Grin's vocabulary didn't usually include such words. "Excuse me?" asked Duke.

Grin was meditiating. "Whatever," said Duke.

"Well, I guess we should wait and Nosedive will save us," said Wildwing.

"We don't stand a chance…" murmured Mallory. Duke nodded. Wildwing didn't say a thing.

"Why are these infernal alarms screeching?" shouted Dragonus. Chameleion ran around covering his ears. Siege beat the consul a few times. Wraith hit it with a mystic bolt. It silenced.

"Stupid thing…" Dragonus spat.

"Will he be able to detect us?" asked Canard.

"How am I supposed to know?" Nosedive shot back.

"Where is it anyway?"

"Up ahead."

"Ooh, specific…"

"Shut up!"

After a few minutes, Dive stopped. "This is it," he said, cocking a puck launcher. "Time to do a little heroic stuff…"

"Like you could manage that…" said Canard.

"Just shut up and follow me!"

'Is that safe?' Canard thought, following Dive into the building. 'Only one way to find out!'