Confusion: Traitor or Allie
By: Kathy
Disclaimer: Mighty Ducks not mine, lame title, unfortunatly is..lol
AN: Yeah yeah stupid title, but I'm lost for one, I'll probably change it later (and if I do, it was Confusion: Traitor or Allie, see lamo..lol) I'd like to Thank Lily C, why? well I'd say for the challenge but you probably get em quite often, no mostly cause I was having a hard time writing..so thank Lily! Now I was going to bring in Lorenna at a later date, but hey why not now huh? Here's my Answer the challenge. You know my leading lady, tanya! (*is listening to "Me and My Dubi Dub" From the dance dance revolution game so this could be wierd..*)
((BTW: I haven't read every single MDTAS fanfic out there, so if there's one out there like this, well, I'm sorry, show it to me, and I'll either pull mine off, or change it so it's nothing like the one out there..but really out of most of the ones I've seen most things happen to Mallory..lol well mostly nosedive..duh he's a cutie, why not?))
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~*~ Back in Puckworld ~*~
A female duck walks out of her room in the house she was visiting, her parents. Well it was a long visit, because her house had been destroyed in the battle. "Mom, Dad?, anyone?" she asked looking around..
"Alone..as usual."
Ever since the battle had ended and her sister disapeared everything had been tense between her and her family. Well actually it was probably due to the background her sister held, but still...
Walking outside she looked into the sky, sighing sadly and looking at the necklace hanging from her neck. It was beautiful, the Amulet was a sight all it's own. Cherry Red with glints of silver and clear glitter every so often giving it a seeminly eternal shine. The Gold that edged it was atleast 20 carrots *sp?* and shone as well. She ran her hands over it softly and sighed. Unknown to her, this Amulet was as evil as her sister. Not an ordinary amulet at all, it glowed slightly and then in an explosion of light and wind sent her to the ground. Hitting her head on the pole behind her she fell to the ground unconsious..
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~*~ Back in Aneheim ~*~
Everything had been unreasonably quiet for the past few days. No action, no games *it was the off season* not even a fight between Mallory or Nosedive. And to tell the truth it was driving everybody insane.
Duke was off lifting weights with Nosedive, or trying to HELP nosedive lift weights.
Wildwing was out, somewhere. He'd left earlier that morning before anybody woke up so nobody had any idea where he could have went.
Mallory was practing her shooting. 'Just because those lizards are taking time off doesn't mean my skills have to.' she'd say every so often before disapearing behind the training room door for hours at a time.
Grin was, what else, meditating, he'd gotten new crystals so he kept pretty busy as well.
Tanya tried to keep herself busy, but to tell the truth it wasn't working to well. Putting down the object she was working she sighed and looked around. "Ah, forget this, I'm goin' to Lecric Land." she said transforming back to her regular outfit and walking out of the lab door.
A few minutes later she found herself in front of her favorite store..
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Once she woke up she was thrown to the ground with emense force and she looked around.
"Where am i?" she asked herself before rubbing her head and checking her surroundings, it looked like Puckworld, only different...much different. For one it didn't look like it had been through a nuclear disaster with Saurian Warlords with revenge on the brain.
Snapped from her thoughts by a crashing noise behind her she screamed and shot up, ignoring the dull throbbing, and wetness at the back of her head she took off in a mad flurry.
Rounding the corner of a building she crashed into somebody with full force sending them both to the ground. Dazed for a second, and not even giving the person a second glance she got up, muttered and apology and began walking off alot more gingerly than before.
The person however took a double take. It was Tanya and she looked stunned at the girl stumbling away. "Lorenna?!?" she asked herself before standing there confused.
However Lorenna was oblivious to most of her surroundings, which was pretty bad considering she just walked into a road..
"Lorenna!! look out!!" yelled Tanya and ran at the girl tackling her away from a Pick-up truck, and a very angry driver yelling a few words that we'll leave un mentioned.
"Hey! why'd you do think you are tackling me like that for no reason. I say, you people are rude!" she snapped and got up, ignoring the hand Tanya had offered her.
Huffing she walked away, not even realizing that the person who saved her was not only an allie, but a duck like her.
"Hey...." Tanya said softly with a confused look in her eyes..
Lorenna only continued her venture, walking subconsiously towards the pond where a very rude awakening lay ahead for her.
Behind her though, Tanya sighed. She wasn't sure if she should continue to Lectric Land, or go after Lorenna. Somebody calling to her though, decided where she was going.
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At the Pond a few hours later Wildwing had Finally gotten back. He still didn't say where he went or what he did, but he didn't look too happy..
Mallory had finished practice for a few minutes to grab something to eat. And Duke was helping a complaining Nosedive down to the Rec-Room to watch some television.
"Hey! is the "Bernie the Bear" marathon on today? or is that tomorrow" said the young duck with a now stupid smile.
"It's today..why?" said duke.
"Today?! then it's already started!! I gotta go!" and Dive bolted.
"What's with that kid" duke said scratching his head confused.
"He is determined to prove that Bernie is a bear, when it is obvious to everybody that he is not" said grin walking up.
"Oh, da kids still stuck on that?"
"Yeah."
"Will he ever learn?"
"No."
"Thought not."
(Duke, Grin, Duke, Grin, Duke..thought I should point that out)
After a while most everybody was gathered in the rec-room, and throwing popcorn at nosedive who had made a really stupid comment about how Bernie was much like Yogi the bear, except he doesn't steal food, and isn't as annoying like Mallory.
Actually that got more of a death threat from the offended female.
Suddenly alarms sounded. A slightly welcomed sound among the ducks.
"Is it Draggy?" asked duke.
"Maybe Dr. Droid?" added Mallory
"I'll bet phil locked himself out again." commented Nosedive.
Tapping a few keys at Drake 1, Wildwing looked up. "Well whoever it is, got through security..and are coming this way."
"Can we say dejavu?" said Dive.
The door to the elevator opened and in an instant, Duke and Nosedive dropped their weapons and their jaws.
Why? out stepped a very lovely female duck. Same height as Nosedive, very slender. Wearing almost the exact outfit as another, Lucretia DeCoy had once worn, only the bottom broke into a skirt that fell just above her knees and was dark blue. Her hair was a deep bluish color and wasn't as long, as Lucretias, and her eyes were green, and had a confused look. She looked like she was about to pass out.
"Whoa..now we can definatly say DEJAVU, a duck!" said duke
"A total Babe!" added Nosedive.
"Why do I get the feeling of a repeat here.." muttered Mallory, only she didn't seem half as disgusted as the last time.
After scanning her, and proving she was infact, flesh and blood, feather and bone, a duck. Wildwing started 20 questions. "How'd you get down here."
"I--somebody, told me to come down, the guy was a total freak. He told me not to leave." she said then it hit her. "You're the strike force that was sent to defeat draganus!!" and she looked around once, as if she was looking for somebody.
"Yeah, we go by the Mighty Ducks now..and the 'person' you ran into was Phil Palmfeather, no doubt he'll try to sign you with some contract" sighed Nosedive.
"Eh, just ignore 'im, everyone else does." added Duke.
"Now who are you?" questioned Mallory stepping up next to Wildwing.
"Lorenna DeCoy.." she stated and flinched both ways at the looks that the others gave her.
"Lorenna DeCoy!?!?!? as in..you're related to..."
"Lucretia, unfortunatly yes, I am her younger sister, she is--or was a disgrace to our family name." said Lorenna with a small sigh.
"But, how did you get here?" asked Wildwing.
"I don't to tell the truth, know. The last thing I remember was looking at this necklace that belonged to my sister, then was forced back and went unconsious, when i woke up I was here..wherever HERE is.." she finished.
"Here is earth. So you have no clue how you got here.." said Wildwing with a tone of defeat in his voice.
This girl, seemed lagit, but she was related to Lucretia, anything could happen.
"Ok, fine, you didn't happen to see Tanya around anywhere did you." said Mallory remembering the last encounter they had with a Decoy..
"Tanya?--Tanya Vanderflock? She's here, she's alive?" that seemed to be enough for her, well, that and the fact the blow to the back of her head was taking it's toll...looking between the ducks she passed out cold.
Speaking of which, a few seconds later, just as Dive and Duke were fighting over who would carry her to the medlab, Tanya walked through the elevator door, and gasped. "Lorenna! What happened to her?"
"You know this witch?" said Mallory, that tone of disgust entering her voice.
"Witch? No, know her, yes she wa-is..she's my best friend!" Exclaimed a very concerned, and confused Tanya.
"Friend?" both Duke and Dive said at once and fell over.
"Wildwing, get her to the medlab.....please?" she said at the look he gave her, and the pause at her question.
Sighing he picked her up, followed by Tanya then two arguing ducks, and then Mallory who was now in a very bad mood.
"My friend, mellow down. I sense no evil from her." said grin
"Yeah well, maybe you should stop sensing and see she's a big witch." snapped Mallory who walked up ahead.
"I think her aura's clouded over." he said and followed.
When they got there Wildwing put the unconsious Lorenna on the medicom and stood back as Tanya examined her friend.
After a few minutes Tanya sighed with relief. "Well thankfully she's fine, she probably passed out due to the con--con--blow to the head she took earlier..maybe, ya now, shock or something. She should wake up soon though." turning around she saw Mallory with a rather evil look, Wildwings eyes full of suspicion and Duke and Dive in the back arguing. Grin was the only person in the room (next to duke and dive) who didn't look at her like she was a traitor.
"That's all fine and well Tanya, but I don't want her to stay in the pond any longer than she has to. She's Lucretia's sister, if she's even who she says she is. Once she's awake and well I want her out of here." he said a little harsher than he planned on it.
"Hey now! that's n-not fair! Lorenna can't help it if Lucretia was a traitor to puckworld! You don't think she's ashamed of what her sister did? If she were lying about who she was she would be giving a fake name and story to back her up!" she said protectivly of her friend.
"What if she's lying now Tanya. That could be Lucretia in disguise! You'd never know with that duck." said Mallory walking up next to Wildwing.
"I-"
"WHOAA" *Crash* *thud* they both went flying into a lab table spilling anything on it with a loud clutter
"My head!"
"My back!"
"Duke this is your fault!"
"Is not you big baby"
"Is to old timer"
"Bird Brain"
and with that they stopped and looked at everybody, who had stopped what THEY were doing and looked at them.
"Heh, Heh..wanna take this outside nosedive?"
"I was gunna say that!"
"Let's go!" and duke dragged the younger duck out of the room.
"As I was going to say, I could prove to you that Lorenna's who she says she is!" said Tanya.
Mallory was about to say something when a small voice interjected from behind.
"You don't have to Tanya, I'll go now if I must, I don't want them thinking you a traitor as well as me already."
Tanya turned around. "Ah, hey! Lorenna ya don't have to do that."
"Yes she does" shot Mallory who was silenced by Wildwing.
"Why would we think Tanya's a traitor?"
"Would you honestly want to know.." muttered mallory.
"Would you even listen to me?" said Lorenna
"Lorenna, you don't have to tell them anything." said Tanya, who realized she was acting very uncharacteristically of her usual self, but when it came to friendship she would protect Lorenna even if it ment getting kicked off the team.. but that wouldn't happen.. Would it?
"They wouldn't hold it against you if you were friends with Lucretia when you two were younger-" at the look Tanya gave her and the looks that both Wildwing and Mallory got she knew she'd said something wrong.
"So...maybe THAT's why you disapeared on us through the whole ordeal with Lucretia!" yelled Mallory.
"Th-Tha-That's not true! I told you what happened! I was, ya know a little TIED UP at the moment." said Tanya backing up a little, confused as to why Mallory would be so angry with her for her past.
"How would WE know that!" she bit back.
"I-"
"STOP FIGHTING, BOTH OF YOU!" ordered Wildwing and the both of them instantly fell silent.
Lorenna looked at the three of them with a confused look. Boy she hadn't caused this much damage since the hockey game when she was 9...
Mallory looked at Wildwing, then Tanya, then walked out of the room.
Tanya just stood silent, her usual expression back on her face. She looked at Wildwing, then at Lorenna, then turned to go to work on whatever it was she was going to work on, shaking her head in silence.
Looking a little guilty Wildwing started to say something, but stopped and turned around then left the room.
Lorenna was just dumbfounded that she could cause this much trouble in one day. "Tanya.." she started only to be interrupted.
"You can stay in my bunk till we figure out how to get you home. I'll be busy anyways, I'll give you the codes now and if any of the others have a problem with it, tell them to come see me." she said slowly turning around.
Lorenna nodded silently. She hadn't seen Tanya like this since her mom and sister had died.
So after giving her the codes, and getting her set up in the bunk, tanya looked around. "Since you're good with computers like your sister was, you can help me once in a while, or you can stay in here and do--whatever it is you want. I'll be either in the med lab, or the main lab. Or the Ready Room, whichever I need to be in, just bring me up on the comm if you need anything." she said handing Lorenna a communicator and started for the door.
"Alright tanya.." she said to the exiting female, then she looked around the bunk. Why did this have to happen to her now...
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Duke found himself wandering down the corridors of the Pond, the brawl over Lorenna had basically ended when Nosedive saw one of the local teenage chick's walkin down the sidewalk.
Shaking his head at the thought he decided not to go after Lorenna either, there was probably somebody special for her as it was.
He caught site of Tanya talkin to somebody by her bunk, then walk his direction.
She looked clearly depressed. "Hey sweet-heart, what's tha matter?" he asked.
Not even looking at him she replied. "I'm not your sweet heart, and nothings wrong."
"Come on Tanya, you can talk to me.." he added.
"Like you'd believe anything I'd say?!" she snapped rather uncharacteristically. Which caught him totally off-guard, and she continued towards her lab.
Confused he went to her bunk door and called "Lorenna? you in there?"
There was a pause. "Who wants to know!?"
Smirking he replied. "The Queen of Mars."
The door opened with a swoosh and she bowed. "Your Majesty."
"You're funny kid." he commented.
"So, does thy majesty have a name?"
"Duke L'orange" he said bowing himself
She gasped. "...You're the-"
"Not anymore" he interrupted.
"Oh.."
"What's tha matter with Tanya?" he asked.
She sighed and looked down at the ground. "I think I got her introuble with the other two of the others."
"Wildwing and Mallory?" he wondered..
"Red Hair girl and a guy wearing a mask?" she supplied.
"Yeah, that's them.." he finished. "Wonder what's up, I should talk to them.."
"They seemed...REALLY upset, I mean, I haven't felt this bad since I wrecked Lucretia's science fair project back in 6th grade." she said sighing.
Nodding once and raising an eyebrow he turned around. "Yeah..I'll go talk to Wing, I doubt Mal's one for chatting now." he shook his head.
"Ok.." she looked up for a second before turning around and saying mostly to herself. "I wish that vehicle would've just hit me.." and the door shut.
Looking at the closed door for a second he sighed and shook his head, taking off for the rec room, since that's the most likely place to find wing.
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Duke had actually run into Wildwing in the hallway, and had asked to speak to him in the rec room.
"What is it Duke?" asked Wing when they were sitting down.
"What went on after me and da kid left wing?" asked duke
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, we've got Tanya who seems ready to snap somebody's head off at any minute, and Lorenna who wishes she were dead at the moment. What went on in the medlab after we left? And don' botha tellin' me nothin cause I won' believe it." he said leaning back in the seat.
Shaking his head Wildwing looked towards the door then sighed. "Mallory and Tanya got into an Argument about Lorenna staying here, I decided she leaves, and Tanya got defensive. Then Mallory brought up the 'Lucretia incident' accusing that Tanya was helping Lucretia. She's totally convinced that Tanya's a traitor."
"What about you?" said Duke.
Silent for a second he replied "I don't know."
"Not a good enough answer Wildwing, you're the team leader, it's your choice whether to have faith in one of the members or not to, just don' make the wrong decision." and with that Duke stood up and walked out of the room leaving Wildwing sitting down with a very wierd expression in his eyes.
'What do I do now..' he thought before getting up and leaving too.
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After a while Nosedive came back and found nobody to be around. And if they were around, they were in good hiding.
"Well where the heck is everybody?" he wondered.
As he turned the corner he ran into (literally) Mallory.
"Whoa, sorry mal."
"Stay outta my way Nosedive." she snapped and got up and left.
"Hmm..looks like someones PMSing.." he snickered and followed her.
"Mallory, what's up girly girl?" he asked running up after her.
"What's up? what's up?!? We've got 2 traitors in this pond and NOBODY's doing anything about it! That's what's up!" she yelled and went into her bunk.
"Ok........that was megawierd.." he said slowly and walked off towards the Rec Room.
Once there he found Grin. "Grinster, buddy boy..what's say you and I go out and get some pizza for dinner for the guys?" he asked.
After a second of thought the bigger duck shrugged and nodded. "Sure.." and they took off.
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About half an hour after the chat with Duke, Lorenna decided to go visit Tanya.
So after checking out the communicator, finding that she was in the main lab, she spent all of 15 minutes trying to FIND the main lab.
Finally as the door opened to the Lab Lorenna saw Tanya working at a table on something, and talking to herself. She smiled slightly, cause she always used to do that when she was younger and distraught.
"..I shouldn'ta snapped at Duke like that, I mean just cause Mallory and Wildwing now think I can't be trusted doesn't mean Duke would be the same would he?" she paused in her thoughts.
"Dunno, what do you think?" asked Lorenna finding this a good place to enter the conversation.
"No I--I...huh? Oh! Lorenna, ah, hey.." she trained off with a flustered expression on her face.
Laughing softly Lorenna smiled. "I don't think he would Tanny, he seemed a bit too concerned when we talked earlier."
"Huh? you talked?" Tanya asked confused.
"Yeah, he was worried about you after an encounter you two had. By the time he left he seemed a bit miffed." she finished then added. "Sounds rather sweet actually."
Tanya dropped the machine she was holding and it went off sending a shot of blue energy out of the open door, and a "what the devil!?" could be heard from outside.
"Uh oh..." the both muttered and after picking up the gun, Tanya & Lorenna ran to see what damage they'd caused.
"Duke?" came Tanya.
"We were just talking about you.." smirked Lorenna to the older duck who was picking himself up off the floor.
"Tanya what IS that?" he asked.
"Umm, just a little something I came up with.." she smiled sheepishly.
"Again? sweet heart you gotta stop doin' that, remember the G2xg300.." he added.
She shook her head. "That was Nosedives fault and you know it.."
Taking the gun out of her hands he looked it over. "What's it do anyways..besides almost fry my tail feathers?"
Taking the gun BACK from him Tanya started back into the lab. "Well, it's still in the process of being finished but.."
"Well it seems to work pretty good.." he interrupted.
"BUT, even though it's only partially finished, it still has a lot of work to be done to it. And there are the chances of, well, ya know, malfunctions. I probably just need to re-configure the lens or capacitors to compress the celestite into a less dense form of itself, maybe that way it won't go off automatically, or is that so it won't be as violent..one of the two." she stopped when she realized both of them were looking at her.
"In English Tanya." said Duke.
"There was a miscalculation and when it hit the ground a knob was switched and it went off." she said and huffed.
"Oh...ok." they both said at once.
Smacking her forehead she put it on the Table and looked around. "Look duke..umm I'm sorry that I snapped at you, really I am.." she said a guilty tone to her voice.
Lorenna got a wierd smile and started for the door. "Tanya, meet me at your bunk, we'll go to the mall kay? seeya.." and before Tanya could object she left.
'Lorenna, you are so good..'
Duke smiled slightly running his hand through his hair looking down. "Ya don' have ta be sorry Tanya, I understand.."
"You do?" this surprised her.
"Yeah, I talked to Wildwing, and he has some serious issues to deal with. besides, remember? I used to be the Leader of the 'Brotherhood of the Blade' Mallory still don' trust me." he smirked.
Laughing softly she frowned again. "That may be true Duke, but the fact is that they know that I was friends with Lucretia, trust will be something I just won't be recieving from them." she sighed.
"Well then that's their fault, I trust ya. You see who I am now? and who you are? all things set aside, just ignore 'em if they start to become cold towards ya. I've learned to."
That made Tanya laugh a little.
"Good, now I hear they got a new weaponry place openin' up near the mall, you girls wanna ride?"
He said pulling keys from his pocket and laughing a little evily. "I ah, heh heh borrowed Phils new car so.."
"Borrowed huh?" she said with teasing suspicion.
"Well, yea, I'll give it back to him..oh when he realizes it." he laughed.
"Well, since you put it that way, I'll go get Lorenna." and they parted ways.
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After they got to the mall Tanya started straight for Lectric Land, only to be dragged back towards the clothes store.
"Come on Tanya! We gotta get you into something alot better than that!" said Lorenna with a wicked smile.
"D'ah..hey! Lore, cut it out, I happen to like my outfit!" argued Tanya.
"So?!"
"And we aren't 16 anymore!"
"No, but my Matchmaking skills are still in excellant condition." offered Lorenna with a smile.
"Matchmaking?" questioned Tanya.
"Oh come on Tanny you and i both know you like him." she replied pointedly.
"Like who!?!" this was driving Tanya crazy.
"Duke silly~" answered Lorenna walking through the door.
"What?!?" exclaimed a very stunned and embarresed Tanya, who then proceeded to talk into the door. "oomph!"
Shaking her head she walked into the store with a sheepish expression. And after that wore off she ran after Lorenna.
"Lorenna! Don't do this to me now, the last time you set me up we both almost ended up dead because a certain 17 year old duck forgot to mention that the person she was setting me up with didn't take rejection well!!"
"So?"
"We almost ended up dead Lorenna! I don't feel like repeating that!" pleaded Tanya.
"Tanny, look who you're going for. He's a perfect gentleman, now come on!" she dragged her along.
"You'll never get me to go through with this you know."
About an hour and a half later they both walked out carrying shopping bags, tanya had a very annoyed and stunned look in her eyes as they met up with Duke. "How do you do that Lore.." she muttered..
"It's who I am.." whispered her friend.
"You two ready to go?" asked Duke eying a new dagger he'd gotten.
Tanya eyed it as well and gave Lorenna an evil look, and the other girl just shrugged with a grin.
"Well I really wanted--"
"Yea we are!" interrupted Lorenna.
Right then, let's go."
And with that they took off.
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Upon returning to the Pond Duke and Tanya realized something was up.
"Duke.."
"Yeah?"
"......the security systen..it's been, you could sorta say, discon---disco....put out of comission." said Tanya kneeling down next to a doorway.
"What makes you say that?" he asked walking over and looking over her shoulder.
"Call it a hunch." she said, both now looking at what used to be a wire system, now just strands of lose wire.
"Good hunch.." he commented.
"What's the matter?" asked Lorenna.
"Problems" they both replied at once, and with a quick change were in their battle gear.
Handing Lorenna the dagger he'd gotten Duke pulled out his saber "Becareful, they could still be in there.." and with that the three took off, unknowing of what lay ahead of them.
What they found was the hallways ever silent.
Coming to the ready room doors they stopped.
"Shh, it's too quiet around here.." whispered Duke.
"Yeah, where are the others.." asked Tanya confused.
Suddenly the door opened with a swish and all three ducks gasped.
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Heh heh, I'm evil lol
I'm notorious for cliff hangers...like this one? heh.
By: Kathy
Disclaimer: Mighty Ducks not mine, lame title, unfortunatly is..lol
AN: Yeah yeah stupid title, but I'm lost for one, I'll probably change it later (and if I do, it was Confusion: Traitor or Allie, see lamo..lol) I'd like to Thank Lily C, why? well I'd say for the challenge but you probably get em quite often, no mostly cause I was having a hard time writing..so thank Lily! Now I was going to bring in Lorenna at a later date, but hey why not now huh? Here's my Answer the challenge. You know my leading lady, tanya! (*is listening to "Me and My Dubi Dub" From the dance dance revolution game so this could be wierd..*)
((BTW: I haven't read every single MDTAS fanfic out there, so if there's one out there like this, well, I'm sorry, show it to me, and I'll either pull mine off, or change it so it's nothing like the one out there..but really out of most of the ones I've seen most things happen to Mallory..lol well mostly nosedive..duh he's a cutie, why not?))
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~*~ Back in Puckworld ~*~
A female duck walks out of her room in the house she was visiting, her parents. Well it was a long visit, because her house had been destroyed in the battle. "Mom, Dad?, anyone?" she asked looking around..
"Alone..as usual."
Ever since the battle had ended and her sister disapeared everything had been tense between her and her family. Well actually it was probably due to the background her sister held, but still...
Walking outside she looked into the sky, sighing sadly and looking at the necklace hanging from her neck. It was beautiful, the Amulet was a sight all it's own. Cherry Red with glints of silver and clear glitter every so often giving it a seeminly eternal shine. The Gold that edged it was atleast 20 carrots *sp?* and shone as well. She ran her hands over it softly and sighed. Unknown to her, this Amulet was as evil as her sister. Not an ordinary amulet at all, it glowed slightly and then in an explosion of light and wind sent her to the ground. Hitting her head on the pole behind her she fell to the ground unconsious..
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~*~ Back in Aneheim ~*~
Everything had been unreasonably quiet for the past few days. No action, no games *it was the off season* not even a fight between Mallory or Nosedive. And to tell the truth it was driving everybody insane.
Duke was off lifting weights with Nosedive, or trying to HELP nosedive lift weights.
Wildwing was out, somewhere. He'd left earlier that morning before anybody woke up so nobody had any idea where he could have went.
Mallory was practing her shooting. 'Just because those lizards are taking time off doesn't mean my skills have to.' she'd say every so often before disapearing behind the training room door for hours at a time.
Grin was, what else, meditating, he'd gotten new crystals so he kept pretty busy as well.
Tanya tried to keep herself busy, but to tell the truth it wasn't working to well. Putting down the object she was working she sighed and looked around. "Ah, forget this, I'm goin' to Lecric Land." she said transforming back to her regular outfit and walking out of the lab door.
A few minutes later she found herself in front of her favorite store..
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Once she woke up she was thrown to the ground with emense force and she looked around.
"Where am i?" she asked herself before rubbing her head and checking her surroundings, it looked like Puckworld, only different...much different. For one it didn't look like it had been through a nuclear disaster with Saurian Warlords with revenge on the brain.
Snapped from her thoughts by a crashing noise behind her she screamed and shot up, ignoring the dull throbbing, and wetness at the back of her head she took off in a mad flurry.
Rounding the corner of a building she crashed into somebody with full force sending them both to the ground. Dazed for a second, and not even giving the person a second glance she got up, muttered and apology and began walking off alot more gingerly than before.
The person however took a double take. It was Tanya and she looked stunned at the girl stumbling away. "Lorenna?!?" she asked herself before standing there confused.
However Lorenna was oblivious to most of her surroundings, which was pretty bad considering she just walked into a road..
"Lorenna!! look out!!" yelled Tanya and ran at the girl tackling her away from a Pick-up truck, and a very angry driver yelling a few words that we'll leave un mentioned.
"Hey! why'd you do think you are tackling me like that for no reason. I say, you people are rude!" she snapped and got up, ignoring the hand Tanya had offered her.
Huffing she walked away, not even realizing that the person who saved her was not only an allie, but a duck like her.
"Hey...." Tanya said softly with a confused look in her eyes..
Lorenna only continued her venture, walking subconsiously towards the pond where a very rude awakening lay ahead for her.
Behind her though, Tanya sighed. She wasn't sure if she should continue to Lectric Land, or go after Lorenna. Somebody calling to her though, decided where she was going.
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At the Pond a few hours later Wildwing had Finally gotten back. He still didn't say where he went or what he did, but he didn't look too happy..
Mallory had finished practice for a few minutes to grab something to eat. And Duke was helping a complaining Nosedive down to the Rec-Room to watch some television.
"Hey! is the "Bernie the Bear" marathon on today? or is that tomorrow" said the young duck with a now stupid smile.
"It's today..why?" said duke.
"Today?! then it's already started!! I gotta go!" and Dive bolted.
"What's with that kid" duke said scratching his head confused.
"He is determined to prove that Bernie is a bear, when it is obvious to everybody that he is not" said grin walking up.
"Oh, da kids still stuck on that?"
"Yeah."
"Will he ever learn?"
"No."
"Thought not."
(Duke, Grin, Duke, Grin, Duke..thought I should point that out)
After a while most everybody was gathered in the rec-room, and throwing popcorn at nosedive who had made a really stupid comment about how Bernie was much like Yogi the bear, except he doesn't steal food, and isn't as annoying like Mallory.
Actually that got more of a death threat from the offended female.
Suddenly alarms sounded. A slightly welcomed sound among the ducks.
"Is it Draggy?" asked duke.
"Maybe Dr. Droid?" added Mallory
"I'll bet phil locked himself out again." commented Nosedive.
Tapping a few keys at Drake 1, Wildwing looked up. "Well whoever it is, got through security..and are coming this way."
"Can we say dejavu?" said Dive.
The door to the elevator opened and in an instant, Duke and Nosedive dropped their weapons and their jaws.
Why? out stepped a very lovely female duck. Same height as Nosedive, very slender. Wearing almost the exact outfit as another, Lucretia DeCoy had once worn, only the bottom broke into a skirt that fell just above her knees and was dark blue. Her hair was a deep bluish color and wasn't as long, as Lucretias, and her eyes were green, and had a confused look. She looked like she was about to pass out.
"Whoa..now we can definatly say DEJAVU, a duck!" said duke
"A total Babe!" added Nosedive.
"Why do I get the feeling of a repeat here.." muttered Mallory, only she didn't seem half as disgusted as the last time.
After scanning her, and proving she was infact, flesh and blood, feather and bone, a duck. Wildwing started 20 questions. "How'd you get down here."
"I--somebody, told me to come down, the guy was a total freak. He told me not to leave." she said then it hit her. "You're the strike force that was sent to defeat draganus!!" and she looked around once, as if she was looking for somebody.
"Yeah, we go by the Mighty Ducks now..and the 'person' you ran into was Phil Palmfeather, no doubt he'll try to sign you with some contract" sighed Nosedive.
"Eh, just ignore 'im, everyone else does." added Duke.
"Now who are you?" questioned Mallory stepping up next to Wildwing.
"Lorenna DeCoy.." she stated and flinched both ways at the looks that the others gave her.
"Lorenna DeCoy!?!?!? as in..you're related to..."
"Lucretia, unfortunatly yes, I am her younger sister, she is--or was a disgrace to our family name." said Lorenna with a small sigh.
"But, how did you get here?" asked Wildwing.
"I don't to tell the truth, know. The last thing I remember was looking at this necklace that belonged to my sister, then was forced back and went unconsious, when i woke up I was here..wherever HERE is.." she finished.
"Here is earth. So you have no clue how you got here.." said Wildwing with a tone of defeat in his voice.
This girl, seemed lagit, but she was related to Lucretia, anything could happen.
"Ok, fine, you didn't happen to see Tanya around anywhere did you." said Mallory remembering the last encounter they had with a Decoy..
"Tanya?--Tanya Vanderflock? She's here, she's alive?" that seemed to be enough for her, well, that and the fact the blow to the back of her head was taking it's toll...looking between the ducks she passed out cold.
Speaking of which, a few seconds later, just as Dive and Duke were fighting over who would carry her to the medlab, Tanya walked through the elevator door, and gasped. "Lorenna! What happened to her?"
"You know this witch?" said Mallory, that tone of disgust entering her voice.
"Witch? No, know her, yes she wa-is..she's my best friend!" Exclaimed a very concerned, and confused Tanya.
"Friend?" both Duke and Dive said at once and fell over.
"Wildwing, get her to the medlab.....please?" she said at the look he gave her, and the pause at her question.
Sighing he picked her up, followed by Tanya then two arguing ducks, and then Mallory who was now in a very bad mood.
"My friend, mellow down. I sense no evil from her." said grin
"Yeah well, maybe you should stop sensing and see she's a big witch." snapped Mallory who walked up ahead.
"I think her aura's clouded over." he said and followed.
When they got there Wildwing put the unconsious Lorenna on the medicom and stood back as Tanya examined her friend.
After a few minutes Tanya sighed with relief. "Well thankfully she's fine, she probably passed out due to the con--con--blow to the head she took earlier..maybe, ya now, shock or something. She should wake up soon though." turning around she saw Mallory with a rather evil look, Wildwings eyes full of suspicion and Duke and Dive in the back arguing. Grin was the only person in the room (next to duke and dive) who didn't look at her like she was a traitor.
"That's all fine and well Tanya, but I don't want her to stay in the pond any longer than she has to. She's Lucretia's sister, if she's even who she says she is. Once she's awake and well I want her out of here." he said a little harsher than he planned on it.
"Hey now! that's n-not fair! Lorenna can't help it if Lucretia was a traitor to puckworld! You don't think she's ashamed of what her sister did? If she were lying about who she was she would be giving a fake name and story to back her up!" she said protectivly of her friend.
"What if she's lying now Tanya. That could be Lucretia in disguise! You'd never know with that duck." said Mallory walking up next to Wildwing.
"I-"
"WHOAA" *Crash* *thud* they both went flying into a lab table spilling anything on it with a loud clutter
"My head!"
"My back!"
"Duke this is your fault!"
"Is not you big baby"
"Is to old timer"
"Bird Brain"
and with that they stopped and looked at everybody, who had stopped what THEY were doing and looked at them.
"Heh, Heh..wanna take this outside nosedive?"
"I was gunna say that!"
"Let's go!" and duke dragged the younger duck out of the room.
"As I was going to say, I could prove to you that Lorenna's who she says she is!" said Tanya.
Mallory was about to say something when a small voice interjected from behind.
"You don't have to Tanya, I'll go now if I must, I don't want them thinking you a traitor as well as me already."
Tanya turned around. "Ah, hey! Lorenna ya don't have to do that."
"Yes she does" shot Mallory who was silenced by Wildwing.
"Why would we think Tanya's a traitor?"
"Would you honestly want to know.." muttered mallory.
"Would you even listen to me?" said Lorenna
"Lorenna, you don't have to tell them anything." said Tanya, who realized she was acting very uncharacteristically of her usual self, but when it came to friendship she would protect Lorenna even if it ment getting kicked off the team.. but that wouldn't happen.. Would it?
"They wouldn't hold it against you if you were friends with Lucretia when you two were younger-" at the look Tanya gave her and the looks that both Wildwing and Mallory got she knew she'd said something wrong.
"So...maybe THAT's why you disapeared on us through the whole ordeal with Lucretia!" yelled Mallory.
"Th-Tha-That's not true! I told you what happened! I was, ya know a little TIED UP at the moment." said Tanya backing up a little, confused as to why Mallory would be so angry with her for her past.
"How would WE know that!" she bit back.
"I-"
"STOP FIGHTING, BOTH OF YOU!" ordered Wildwing and the both of them instantly fell silent.
Lorenna looked at the three of them with a confused look. Boy she hadn't caused this much damage since the hockey game when she was 9...
Mallory looked at Wildwing, then Tanya, then walked out of the room.
Tanya just stood silent, her usual expression back on her face. She looked at Wildwing, then at Lorenna, then turned to go to work on whatever it was she was going to work on, shaking her head in silence.
Looking a little guilty Wildwing started to say something, but stopped and turned around then left the room.
Lorenna was just dumbfounded that she could cause this much trouble in one day. "Tanya.." she started only to be interrupted.
"You can stay in my bunk till we figure out how to get you home. I'll be busy anyways, I'll give you the codes now and if any of the others have a problem with it, tell them to come see me." she said slowly turning around.
Lorenna nodded silently. She hadn't seen Tanya like this since her mom and sister had died.
So after giving her the codes, and getting her set up in the bunk, tanya looked around. "Since you're good with computers like your sister was, you can help me once in a while, or you can stay in here and do--whatever it is you want. I'll be either in the med lab, or the main lab. Or the Ready Room, whichever I need to be in, just bring me up on the comm if you need anything." she said handing Lorenna a communicator and started for the door.
"Alright tanya.." she said to the exiting female, then she looked around the bunk. Why did this have to happen to her now...
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Duke found himself wandering down the corridors of the Pond, the brawl over Lorenna had basically ended when Nosedive saw one of the local teenage chick's walkin down the sidewalk.
Shaking his head at the thought he decided not to go after Lorenna either, there was probably somebody special for her as it was.
He caught site of Tanya talkin to somebody by her bunk, then walk his direction.
She looked clearly depressed. "Hey sweet-heart, what's tha matter?" he asked.
Not even looking at him she replied. "I'm not your sweet heart, and nothings wrong."
"Come on Tanya, you can talk to me.." he added.
"Like you'd believe anything I'd say?!" she snapped rather uncharacteristically. Which caught him totally off-guard, and she continued towards her lab.
Confused he went to her bunk door and called "Lorenna? you in there?"
There was a pause. "Who wants to know!?"
Smirking he replied. "The Queen of Mars."
The door opened with a swoosh and she bowed. "Your Majesty."
"You're funny kid." he commented.
"So, does thy majesty have a name?"
"Duke L'orange" he said bowing himself
She gasped. "...You're the-"
"Not anymore" he interrupted.
"Oh.."
"What's tha matter with Tanya?" he asked.
She sighed and looked down at the ground. "I think I got her introuble with the other two of the others."
"Wildwing and Mallory?" he wondered..
"Red Hair girl and a guy wearing a mask?" she supplied.
"Yeah, that's them.." he finished. "Wonder what's up, I should talk to them.."
"They seemed...REALLY upset, I mean, I haven't felt this bad since I wrecked Lucretia's science fair project back in 6th grade." she said sighing.
Nodding once and raising an eyebrow he turned around. "Yeah..I'll go talk to Wing, I doubt Mal's one for chatting now." he shook his head.
"Ok.." she looked up for a second before turning around and saying mostly to herself. "I wish that vehicle would've just hit me.." and the door shut.
Looking at the closed door for a second he sighed and shook his head, taking off for the rec room, since that's the most likely place to find wing.
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Duke had actually run into Wildwing in the hallway, and had asked to speak to him in the rec room.
"What is it Duke?" asked Wing when they were sitting down.
"What went on after me and da kid left wing?" asked duke
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, we've got Tanya who seems ready to snap somebody's head off at any minute, and Lorenna who wishes she were dead at the moment. What went on in the medlab after we left? And don' botha tellin' me nothin cause I won' believe it." he said leaning back in the seat.
Shaking his head Wildwing looked towards the door then sighed. "Mallory and Tanya got into an Argument about Lorenna staying here, I decided she leaves, and Tanya got defensive. Then Mallory brought up the 'Lucretia incident' accusing that Tanya was helping Lucretia. She's totally convinced that Tanya's a traitor."
"What about you?" said Duke.
Silent for a second he replied "I don't know."
"Not a good enough answer Wildwing, you're the team leader, it's your choice whether to have faith in one of the members or not to, just don' make the wrong decision." and with that Duke stood up and walked out of the room leaving Wildwing sitting down with a very wierd expression in his eyes.
'What do I do now..' he thought before getting up and leaving too.
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After a while Nosedive came back and found nobody to be around. And if they were around, they were in good hiding.
"Well where the heck is everybody?" he wondered.
As he turned the corner he ran into (literally) Mallory.
"Whoa, sorry mal."
"Stay outta my way Nosedive." she snapped and got up and left.
"Hmm..looks like someones PMSing.." he snickered and followed her.
"Mallory, what's up girly girl?" he asked running up after her.
"What's up? what's up?!? We've got 2 traitors in this pond and NOBODY's doing anything about it! That's what's up!" she yelled and went into her bunk.
"Ok........that was megawierd.." he said slowly and walked off towards the Rec Room.
Once there he found Grin. "Grinster, buddy boy..what's say you and I go out and get some pizza for dinner for the guys?" he asked.
After a second of thought the bigger duck shrugged and nodded. "Sure.." and they took off.
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About half an hour after the chat with Duke, Lorenna decided to go visit Tanya.
So after checking out the communicator, finding that she was in the main lab, she spent all of 15 minutes trying to FIND the main lab.
Finally as the door opened to the Lab Lorenna saw Tanya working at a table on something, and talking to herself. She smiled slightly, cause she always used to do that when she was younger and distraught.
"..I shouldn'ta snapped at Duke like that, I mean just cause Mallory and Wildwing now think I can't be trusted doesn't mean Duke would be the same would he?" she paused in her thoughts.
"Dunno, what do you think?" asked Lorenna finding this a good place to enter the conversation.
"No I--I...huh? Oh! Lorenna, ah, hey.." she trained off with a flustered expression on her face.
Laughing softly Lorenna smiled. "I don't think he would Tanny, he seemed a bit too concerned when we talked earlier."
"Huh? you talked?" Tanya asked confused.
"Yeah, he was worried about you after an encounter you two had. By the time he left he seemed a bit miffed." she finished then added. "Sounds rather sweet actually."
Tanya dropped the machine she was holding and it went off sending a shot of blue energy out of the open door, and a "what the devil!?" could be heard from outside.
"Uh oh..." the both muttered and after picking up the gun, Tanya & Lorenna ran to see what damage they'd caused.
"Duke?" came Tanya.
"We were just talking about you.." smirked Lorenna to the older duck who was picking himself up off the floor.
"Tanya what IS that?" he asked.
"Umm, just a little something I came up with.." she smiled sheepishly.
"Again? sweet heart you gotta stop doin' that, remember the G2xg300.." he added.
She shook her head. "That was Nosedives fault and you know it.."
Taking the gun out of her hands he looked it over. "What's it do anyways..besides almost fry my tail feathers?"
Taking the gun BACK from him Tanya started back into the lab. "Well, it's still in the process of being finished but.."
"Well it seems to work pretty good.." he interrupted.
"BUT, even though it's only partially finished, it still has a lot of work to be done to it. And there are the chances of, well, ya know, malfunctions. I probably just need to re-configure the lens or capacitors to compress the celestite into a less dense form of itself, maybe that way it won't go off automatically, or is that so it won't be as violent..one of the two." she stopped when she realized both of them were looking at her.
"In English Tanya." said Duke.
"There was a miscalculation and when it hit the ground a knob was switched and it went off." she said and huffed.
"Oh...ok." they both said at once.
Smacking her forehead she put it on the Table and looked around. "Look duke..umm I'm sorry that I snapped at you, really I am.." she said a guilty tone to her voice.
Lorenna got a wierd smile and started for the door. "Tanya, meet me at your bunk, we'll go to the mall kay? seeya.." and before Tanya could object she left.
'Lorenna, you are so good..'
Duke smiled slightly running his hand through his hair looking down. "Ya don' have ta be sorry Tanya, I understand.."
"You do?" this surprised her.
"Yeah, I talked to Wildwing, and he has some serious issues to deal with. besides, remember? I used to be the Leader of the 'Brotherhood of the Blade' Mallory still don' trust me." he smirked.
Laughing softly she frowned again. "That may be true Duke, but the fact is that they know that I was friends with Lucretia, trust will be something I just won't be recieving from them." she sighed.
"Well then that's their fault, I trust ya. You see who I am now? and who you are? all things set aside, just ignore 'em if they start to become cold towards ya. I've learned to."
That made Tanya laugh a little.
"Good, now I hear they got a new weaponry place openin' up near the mall, you girls wanna ride?"
He said pulling keys from his pocket and laughing a little evily. "I ah, heh heh borrowed Phils new car so.."
"Borrowed huh?" she said with teasing suspicion.
"Well, yea, I'll give it back to him..oh when he realizes it." he laughed.
"Well, since you put it that way, I'll go get Lorenna." and they parted ways.
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After they got to the mall Tanya started straight for Lectric Land, only to be dragged back towards the clothes store.
"Come on Tanya! We gotta get you into something alot better than that!" said Lorenna with a wicked smile.
"D'ah..hey! Lore, cut it out, I happen to like my outfit!" argued Tanya.
"So?!"
"And we aren't 16 anymore!"
"No, but my Matchmaking skills are still in excellant condition." offered Lorenna with a smile.
"Matchmaking?" questioned Tanya.
"Oh come on Tanny you and i both know you like him." she replied pointedly.
"Like who!?!" this was driving Tanya crazy.
"Duke silly~" answered Lorenna walking through the door.
"What?!?" exclaimed a very stunned and embarresed Tanya, who then proceeded to talk into the door. "oomph!"
Shaking her head she walked into the store with a sheepish expression. And after that wore off she ran after Lorenna.
"Lorenna! Don't do this to me now, the last time you set me up we both almost ended up dead because a certain 17 year old duck forgot to mention that the person she was setting me up with didn't take rejection well!!"
"So?"
"We almost ended up dead Lorenna! I don't feel like repeating that!" pleaded Tanya.
"Tanny, look who you're going for. He's a perfect gentleman, now come on!" she dragged her along.
"You'll never get me to go through with this you know."
About an hour and a half later they both walked out carrying shopping bags, tanya had a very annoyed and stunned look in her eyes as they met up with Duke. "How do you do that Lore.." she muttered..
"It's who I am.." whispered her friend.
"You two ready to go?" asked Duke eying a new dagger he'd gotten.
Tanya eyed it as well and gave Lorenna an evil look, and the other girl just shrugged with a grin.
"Well I really wanted--"
"Yea we are!" interrupted Lorenna.
Right then, let's go."
And with that they took off.
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Upon returning to the Pond Duke and Tanya realized something was up.
"Duke.."
"Yeah?"
"......the security systen..it's been, you could sorta say, discon---disco....put out of comission." said Tanya kneeling down next to a doorway.
"What makes you say that?" he asked walking over and looking over her shoulder.
"Call it a hunch." she said, both now looking at what used to be a wire system, now just strands of lose wire.
"Good hunch.." he commented.
"What's the matter?" asked Lorenna.
"Problems" they both replied at once, and with a quick change were in their battle gear.
Handing Lorenna the dagger he'd gotten Duke pulled out his saber "Becareful, they could still be in there.." and with that the three took off, unknowing of what lay ahead of them.
What they found was the hallways ever silent.
Coming to the ready room doors they stopped.
"Shh, it's too quiet around here.." whispered Duke.
"Yeah, where are the others.." asked Tanya confused.
Suddenly the door opened with a swish and all three ducks gasped.
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Heh heh, I'm evil lol
I'm notorious for cliff hangers...like this one? heh.