Felinoa watched her mother drain energy from the other three
rulers smugly.
"So, um. Tell me, mother. Are you getting enough energy?" Mewlexa stared at her
daughter questionably.
"What do you mean, exactly?" Felinoa just laughed.
"Well, see, those three won't give you much of anything since they've been fighting
us. See, Buggit over there was in a state of complete shock when his entire
military forces were destroyed. And you know how he gets when he gets surprised
or shocked." She laughed. Her mother, on the other, was
getting extremely angry.
"You little brat! You…you…I knew you would be nothing but trouble since the moment
that I first held you. You are just like you father, good for only two things: no
good and good for nothing!"
"Don't you DARE bring…HIM into this. It's not my problem that he left you for
the sorceress. I'm actually GLAD that he left. He wouldn't have to put up with
the likes of you!" the princess shouted. Mewlexa was now on the verge of
exploding. Al the while, Darkwing, Stegmutt, Gizmoduck and Morgana were all
watching the mother-daughter fight worsen. It wasn't until Mewlexa started
aiming one of her high-energy balls towards her daughter that Gizmoduck
reacted. Just as Mewlexa released the ball from her fingers, Gizmoduck pushed
Felinoa out of the way. But before the energy ball could impact him, he was
thrown back by Darkwing, who jumped in front of him.
Darkwing knew that the empress' energy balls held a lot of power that could seriously
damage whatever they touched, and despite the fact that he and Giz-One weren't
exactly the best of pals, he couldn't stand to know that he was hurt.
"DARK!!!!!" Morgana screamed as Darkwing landed in a pile next to Gizmoduck.
"Why you…!!" Morgana was about to attack, but Mewlexa stopped her.
"Uh-uh-uh, Mrs. Mallard. You wouldn't want to hurt the baby, now would you?" she
laughed. Darkwing opened his eyes and looked at Morgana hurt.
"Baby?" he asked. "So, what she said…" he paused, taking in some air before
he spoke again. "Wasn't just something she said to get me to forget…" He paused
again. "About the fight?" Morgana looked at him for a moment, almost like she
was afraid to talk to him. He looked at her with an uncertain look in his
eyes.
Morgana then spoke quietly, "Dark, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you earlier. It's
just…¦whenever something happens to either me or Quiverwing, you spend so much
time trying to make sure WE don't get hurt, that you don't really pay attention
to your own well-being. And I didn't want to burden you with it because we had
to face," she said as she stared evilly at Mewlexa, "…her."
Darkwing just lay there. Mewlexa turned and looked away. "Hmm….It really is a shame
that you had to tell him under such, how should I put it? Ah yes, difficult circumstances,
but I don't think he'll be mad at you for too long."
It was Gizmoduck's turn to question the evil queen. "What do you mean?"
"Well, look at him. Any idiot could plainly see."
"See what?" Stegmutt asked. Even though he had a tendency to be a little slow,
that was the question on everyone's minds.
"That he's dead."
To be Continued
