Hello all! Thanks again for all your lovely reviews (grins). It's ok Anima Mouse, I'm not planning on letting Phil into my fic, however, if he does appear it will only be a small bit I promise (sorry raven007). As for Professor H, I hope you enjoyed your dry bread by the pond (laughs). Anyways, on with the story.

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1 Hell Hath no Fury like a Duck Scorned

By Eiflin

1.1 Chapter Three

Nosedive had been walking a safe distance behind Mal on the way back to the Migrator. Spending the last 20 minutes on her team had been unbearable when she was in this kind of mood, all he did was have some fun and Wham! Mallory's angry side had kicked in. He sighed as he walked slowly kicking his feet along the pavement and listening to his big bro and Duke talking behind him. It was then that he heard the noise, Duke had stopped talking which put Dive instantly on alert.

He turned and followed the gaze of the two older ducks to the roof of the mall.

'uh-oh' he thought as he saw the three shapes of Seige, Wraith and Chameleon. What happened next took only a split second. A ball of glowing red formed in front of Wraith, ' a spell' Dive realized. Suddenly the red ball turned into a beam of bright light, shooting straight towards the group, straight at Mal.

"MAAAALL!" Dive screamed to his teammate, she hadn't noticed. He burst into a run to try and knock her out the way of the spell but was too late. She turned to see the beam of light hit her and froze as it enveloped her for a few seconds before vanishing. Her legs crumpled from beneath her and Dive managed to catch her before she hit the ground.

"Mal?"

SLAP!

Nosedive staggered backwards into his brother, confused.

"Don't you DARE touch me Flashblade" Mallory growled pulling herself up to her feet, eyes fixed on the teenager.

"Chill Mal, I was only trying to he…"

"Oh will you SHUT UP! I'm sick to death of your whining voice" Mallory cut him short. She turned her attention to the roof of the mall again and huffed, "see? Thanks to your stupid distraction they've got away". She was right, Dragonus's henchmen had made their escape seeing as they had done what they set out to do.

"Enough Mallory" Wildwing interrupted stepping forward, "now is not the time for an argument, Tanya will need to check you out and see what that spell that hit you was all about." He went to put a hand on her shoulder as he spoke but she withdrew and pushed it away.

"I'm fine, I don't need fussing over." She snapped back before turning and storming off to the Migrator. The group stood for a second stunned. Mallory's temper was something they'd come to know, but she never snapped at their leader before. Tanya was the first to speak up.

" I'll go and…er…see if she's ok" she stammered nervously before following Mal.

"Women!" Duke muttered with a sigh. Nosedive still held a confused expression as he looked over at Wing.

"I don't get it! I was only trying to help, didn't mean to upset her."

"I know bro!" Wildwing clapped a hand on Dives shoulder, " Something's up and I believe that spell had a lot to do with it". He slowly led his younger brother back to the Migrator.

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In the Raptor, the Saurion warlord Dragonus paced up and down the control room. He paused for a second a called "WRAITH!" in a voice that boomed and echoed around the fortress. He turned to a monitor on the wall watching the duck's movements while he waited. After not more than a minute Wraith stumbled through the door and stood silently, waiting for his Lord to speak.

"Did everything go according to plan?" He muttered not taking his eyes from the monitor screen.

"Yes my lord, the spell was cast successfully oh powerful one" the frail form of Wraith groveled.

"How long will it last for?"

"Long enough my lord."

"Excellent" Dragonus whispered as a small smirk appeared at the corners of his mouth, bearing his sharp teeth. "The ducks will fall apart. How can a team work together when they don't get along" he stated louder than before and let the last word tail off into an evil cackle. Wraith smiled at his master's pleasure.

Dragonus let his laughter fall silent, all the time watching the ducks on the monitor.

"That duck's anger shall be their downfall" he growled.

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Another chapter done *cheers* please read and review as always as I love hearing what you guys think. I'll get the next chapter up as quickly as possible.

Eiflin :D