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Something More. Part 2
Darkwing came too, finding himself on the roof of the Laboratory with two strange figures standing over him. Darkwing sat up in alarm but before he could speak the smaller of the two figures slapped a hand over his bill. "Quiet," he warned "unless you want a dozen armed henchman up here after you. Got me?"
Darkwing made a muffled groan and nodded.
The stranger let him go and stepped away from him.
Darkwing sprang to his feat, landing in a self defense stance "Who are you?" he demanded of the two duck.
"Uh, the guys that saved your life back there." the taller one answered calmly.
Darkwing paused for a moment to recall being blindsided by one of the felons. He looked at the two ducks standing in front of him "Oh yeah, uh, I guess you were the ones that got me out of there?"
"Right the first time." the taller duck answered. "Now my partner and I have a job to do here, so if you will just go."
"Wait a minute!" Darkwing snapped "I'm here to rescue the kidnapped scientist..."
"Not any more your not!" the taller duck replied sharply. "Look fella. Thanks to you, we've lost the aliment of surprise! Come look." he said motioning for Darkwing to follow. They took him to a small skylight in the center of the roof. Darkwing gazed down into the room below. It was a large Laboratory. There were at least a dozen armed goons standing around. In the center of the room, a rather tall gangly looking hawk stood in front of
their hostages,a short plump old duck and a skinny dark haired female goose, both tied to chairs.
"Thanks to you and your smoking entrance, those creeps now know we're here, and they will be on guard for us." The smaller duck told Darkwing rather curtly.
Darkwing could feel his face flush. He had allowed himself to be found out
do to his ego. These two had apparently already gotten inside, probably the same way he had, and had to expose their presence in order to save his hide.
"Look, I'm sorry about that. But sense I'm here and the damage has already been done, why don't we work together on this. I mean, look how many heavies they have down there. I'd say you could use the help."
The taller duck looked Darkwing square in the eye as if trying to read him.
In the dim glow of the skylight, Darkwing could see the piercing gaze of the strangers liquid green eyes, and it made him uneasy.
After a long moment of dead silence the duck heaved a heavy sigh and nodded. "Alright, on one condition. That is, you do as we say!"
Darkwing was not use to taking orders or working with partners, but in this case, he had no choice but to make an exception "Agreed." he finally said.
"Come on then, we have a way in without being seen."
They all slipped back into the building through a secret passage. A small corridor that lead down from the rooftop, down a long winding stair case, dimly light, and sound proofed, Darkwing noted. A secret passageway in a Laboratory?
They came to a small room, the smaller duck switched on a light. The room looked like a storage area for scientific inventions. There were shelves full of gizmos and gimmicks of all types.
Darkwing glanced at the two strangers. With descent lighting, for the first time, he had a good look at them. The taller of the two was rather broad shouldered, though the rest of his build was slender. He had short rather frizzy hair. His facial features were smooth with a small bill, and his ivory white feathers set off his liquid green eyes.
The other duck was about medium hight with a sleek slender build. He has shiny black, shoulder length hair that was tied back. His facial features were practically identical to that of the other duck, right down to the green eyes.
"You're brothers?" Darkwing asked curiously.
The two ducks exchanged grins "That obvious, huh?" asked the smaller one.
He extended a hand "I'm Shawn and this is my older brother Gerad. We're Private Investigators."
Darkwing started to shake the hand offered to him. Private Investigators? It was then that Darkwing recognized them "You're the two detectives that were on the news for cracking that smuggling ring!" Darkwing exclaimed louder than he intended.
"Shh!" the brothers shushed him at the same time not wanting to be heard by the goons inside.
"Sorry." he apologized sheepishly.
"It's alright, they didn't hear you through the sound proofed walls." Gerad stated as he opened a drawer in one of the Lab tables and pulled out a clear case of what looked like crystal bullets.
"Are those real bullets?" Darkwing asked amazed.
Gerad smiled and nodded "They're real bullets, but not ordinary bullets."
He removed one and showed it to Darkwing "They are made of a special crystallized gel. None of them are lethal."
"Then what do they do?'
"Well, the one you're looking at instantly, but temporarily paralyzes it's target. This one" he held up a slightly different sized bullet "is my personal favorite. It's called an Ivy Pellet, as in Poison Ivy. It causes anybody it hits to itch severely for about an hour, after that, it's over, no side effects."
"These things are total cool!" Darkwing said handing the bullet back to Gerad. "boy the guy who created this stuff has got to be a true genius!"
The brothers exchanged grins "no argument there." Shawn said as he pulled some arrows from another drawer. The tips of the arrows were crystallized gel, like the bullets and the shafts seemed almost rubber like. It was then that Darkwing noticed the small unusual looking crossbow slung across the younger brothers back. "Uh, does that have anything to do with how you were able to rescue me out from under those goons noses?"
Shawn nodded and held up one of the arrows "My personal favorite. A light burst arrow."
"Here," Gerad said handing Darkwing a small satchel "You may have use for these. I think they may even work with that Gas Gun you use."
Darkwing opened the satchel and withdrew a small canister labeled 'sleeping gas'. Another canister was labeled 'laughing gas.' There were about a half dozen of the canisters in the satchel Darkwing smirked."Thanks. I'll use them with care."
"OK, play times over. Now, lets do what we came here for." Gerad said as he turned out the light and opened the door back into the passage way. "If I am correct about who's behind this whole scheme, we don't have time to waist. And we can't afford any mistakes."
to be continued..