Apologies for the taking so long to write this chapter, I've had a lot of work on recently but enough of my excuses. Thanks again to my regular reviewers Anima Mouse, Lauriena, Lori and BlueMoonDuchess, I really appreciate your comments.

Also, if anyone is interested in joining a Mighty Ducks RPG then there is a really good one at http://groups.yahoo.com/ just type in duckdomain. Divesangel runs it and whilst there a few of us we need more players! All the characters are free except Mallory and Nosedive, and original characters are welcome. Hope to see y'all there.



Disclaimer: I own nothing except my imagination and a sketchbook.

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1 Hell Hath no Fury like a Duck Scorned

By Eiflin

1.1 Chapter 4

Back at the pond Mallory's temper was creating high tension in the air. Tanya had just completed a scan on her before she stormed out of the infirmary muttering something about scientific geeks being a waste of time. As the doors shut Tanya turned to her medical instruments stung by the words and feeling tears brimming in her eyes. Sure she laughed whenever Dive called her a geek because he was purely joking, but the tone in Mal's voice had a serious edge that hurt Tanya deep down. She quickly wiped her eyes as she heard the doors open again and took a slow breath to compose herself.

"Just saw Mallory in the corridor, I see her mood hasn't brightened at all" Wildwing commented. "Have you managed to run any tests on…Tanya…you ok?" he stopped in mid sentence when he noticed the look in her eyes.

"I'm fin...fi…I'm ok" she stuttered with fake cheeriness in her voice, "I'm just running the results now". She turned her attention back towards the instruments and their readouts. "It seems that her hormone and adrenaline levels are way above average whilst her…uh…seratonin and endomorphic levels are bottom of the scale." Tanya looked back up at Wing who was now standing next to her.

"So what does that mean?" He asked

"It means that she's emotionally unstable, uh…it seems that the spell has taken control of her body chemistry. Basically they have turned her into a…er…walking bomb." She finished.

Wildwing frowned, that would explain the outbursts but how do they control it. From what Tanya was saying it was only a matter of time before she could seriously hurt someone. "Thank you Tanya, if you find anything else out let me know straight away." He said, he was about to walk out when he looked at her again. "Are you sure you are alright?" he asked again.

Tanya smiled. "I'm fine"

"Good" Wing said putting a hand on her shoulder, "Just remember that Mal is not quite herself at the moment. She doesn't mean what she says." He added. Whilst Tanya wasn't going to admit what had upset her, Wildwing had heard it as he came down the corridor. He was going to have a word with Mal before he came in but from the look on her face he thought it best to leave it till later. "I'd better go and fill the others in on the situation." He turned and exited the room.

He found Duke and Dive in the kitchen discussing some new pranks they had planned. Duke was swinging his cup of coffee around as he talked as if gesturing with his arms how they would work whilst Dive leant forward on his hands listening intently with a mischievous grin on his face.

"…And you see kid, when they go to sit on the chair the…oh hi Wing" Duke quickly put the cup to his beak. "I was just suggesting some…er…tactics we could use in our upcoming game" he lied taking a sip whilst looking over the rim of the cup at Nosedive.

"Yup!" Dive responded a little over enthusiastically before changing the subject, "so what can we do for you big bro!"

Wildwing shook his head smiling, how would Dive ever grow up with Duke's encouragement. He took a seat at the table and started to explain what Tanya had told him.

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Grin was sitting in the lounge with his eyes closed, meditating. He found that when it was empty the ambiance of the room created a perfectly tranquil atmosphere in which he could relax. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly, letting all bad karma and any tensions expel themselves from his mind so that he could find his inner peace. Just as his thoughts dwindled into calmness he found them suddenly disturbed by a loud presence in the room.

He slowly opened one eye and saw Mallory had stormed in the room and had discovered various comic books scattered on the floor (obviously Nosedive's). She the proceeded to pick them up and throw them around the room screaming.

"NOSEDIVE AND HIS STUPID COMICS…HE'S COMPLETELY USELESS…A BURDEN TO THE TEAM…I'LL KILL HIM WHEN I…" She was so busy screaming her hatred she never noticed Grin walking up behind her until she found herself enveloped in a bear hug, arms pinned to her sides.

"Easy Friend, bad karma is clouding your aura" his calm voice boomed softly as he held her tightly.

Mallory managed to place a good kick at Grin so that he let her go. She quickly turned and faced him in a defensive stance and growled. "Don't feed me with that spiritual rubbish".

"Calm down friend. We fight together, not against each other." Grin replied holding his hands up to try and show he meant no harm. "A war amongst friends is a victory to the enemy".

"I will not CALM DOWN" she exploded. Mallory launched herself at the larger duck catching him off guard and knocking him down. She had so much extra adrenaline buzzing through her body she managed to get him in a headlock, which he didn't try to escape from.

"I won't fight you my friend" Grin stated.

Mallory let an evil grin form on her beak. "Oh…but you will" she muttered.

She broke off her headlock to quickly place her hands on the sides of his face. They instantly began to glow red, the same red that had enveloped her outside the Mall. The red glow spread from her hands to Grin, surrounding him in the same manner it had her.

The larger duck froze wide eyed he felt his inner tranquility hit suddenly by a storm of negative emotions, the peace in his eyes had clouded over as hatred and anger took control.

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Tanya had been walking back from the infirmary when she heard the commotion in the lounge. She quickly broke into a run as Wing, Duke and Dive came out of the kitchen and joined her.

They entered the lounge to find Mallory standing at the door grinning maliciously at them before turning her gaze to Grin.

"Grin?" Duke asked but silenced himself when he him.

The usually gentle giant stood tall and silent, his eyes that were normally calm were instead dark and narrowed and his arms hung at his sides, the fists clenched tightly.

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Hope you enjoyed that! I'll try and get the next chapter out quicker this time. In the mean time, please read and review! I like to know if I'm going wrong anywhere or if it's alright!

Eiflin