A Disney Duck Fanfic:
Instead of being purely based on one entity, this story takes background from Classic Donald Duck cartoons, Ductless, and Darkwing Duck
Note: Awwww, we all know by know that all the characters in this story, except for Melanie, Ronnie and Lisa (who are most definitely, owned by my co-writer, Stef), are owned by Disney. Thus, we have absolutely no profit motive.
Co-Writer Note: Hey all, I forgot to add Gregory to the disclaimers last chapter. That would be Gregory Widegon. Who is the name of Bella's second husband, and Melanie's father. He is my character :)
Chapter 18
Written By:
Brad Eugene Palmer (Nightw2/comickook)
The following morning, the Mallard and Duck families, as well as Launchpad, finally woke up. After two hours, the Mallards and Launchpad were finally satisfied that he wouldn't be trying again until he had gained the diamond's power and slowly drifted to sleep
Drake grabbed his Darkwing costume and explained "With any luck Morg and I will be able to pick up Bulba's trail before it's too late. According to Morg's notes on the matter, the diamond's power doesn't kick in until tomorrow at dawn and, even then, only if he can get the Divine Eye Diamond to the right temple, place the diamond on the pedestal directly beneath the sun opening and stand right in the path of the reflected sunlight. This gives us 22 hours to track down that mechanized mooing maniac before the diamond does him any good."
"Even if we don't track him down today, we know where he'll be heading tomorrow and I can teleport us there in time to intercept him with any luck. Those heel jets would allow him to travel to that temple in minutes as opposed to the multi-hour rain forest trek the Fearsome Five would have had." Morgana pointed out.
"I'd better go rendezvous with the boys and explain the new mission to them." Gosalyn said as she got her Quiverwing costume ready.
"Be sure to keep an extra-careful eye on Ronnie and Lisa, LP." Drake said as he, Morgana and Gosalyn started to leave (though Drake and Gos would have to make a side stop to find places to discreetly but hurriedly change).
"Hey, not a problem. I had a bit of shopping around to do anyway." Launchpad said. Actually, he was telling the truth about the shopping part; he was looking for a particularly nice gift for Bella. He didn't know what that over-charming stranger was up to with Bella, but he was darn well not going to let that polished operator take her without a fight.
Before she, Drake and Morgana left, Gosalyn whispered to Ronnie and Lisa "and you two be sure to keep an extra careful eye on Launchpad too."
"Sure thing, Gos." Ronnie said as he gave a "thumbs' up".
Meanwhile, the Duck triplets were discreetly gathering their super-hero gear for their meeting with Gosalyn. After Huey explained to Bella, Donald and Daisy that he. Dewey and Louie were helping Gyro out a bit more (while Dewey and Louie bagged up the gear), the three adults agreed, as long as they weren't gone quite as long as the previous night; at least not without calling ahead again to tell the adults they would be running late.
"Well, that's out of the way." Huey said in relief.
"Now, I hope this time out doesn't take as long as last night." Dewey commented in a hopeful, but half-worried tone.
"With any luck, it won't. This time, we have the super-hero gear from the get go." Louie said in an optimistic tone as the triplets left the hotel.
Quiverwing met up with Speed Prince, Major Mind and Kid Quackules right on schedule and asked her three allies "Well, you know the Divine Eye Diamond that was stolen by an invisible flying enemy last night?"
Speed Prince said "Yeah. I suppose we're going after that foe, now."
"No. Actually, dad and Morgana are. According to dad and Morg's hunch, it was Taurus Bulba who stole the Divine Eye Diamond." Quiverwing responded.
"Whoa. You mean that criminal mastermind turned killer cyborg with a heavy duty mad-on concerning your dad stole the diamond?" Kid Quackles asked.
"As a matter of fact, yes. Because Bulba's been tormenting Morg and my siblings as badly as he was, dad reassigned US to handle his SHUSH mission while he and Morgana chase Bulba." Quiverwing answered.
"You mean that the task of stopping Steelbeak falls to us? Well, at least we're well equipped for the assignment." Major Mind observed.
"Yeah, but we've kinda of got a rush job on the assignment. We'll have to face his twelve Cyber-Eggmen. Dad already gave me the lowdown on them. Plus, from what I discreetly heard off the military just minutes before you three arrived, if the military doesn't surrender the inventors by noon, the Cyber-Eggmen destroy Rio and that's no bluff. Just SIX of the Cyber-Eggmen were powerful enough to destroy all the tanks and military choppers in the area." Quiverwing explained.
"You picked up all that without getting caught? That's not too shabby at all." Speed Prince said with a whistle.
Meanwhile, at his alternate lair, Steelbeak sat back and patiently, smirking at the results of the tests the upgraded Cyber-Eggmen were undertaking just to make sure they were still as powerful as they were just following the inclusions of the upgrade disks the previous night as all the tests proved positive. They could all still fly at 2400 miles per hour, lift 120 tons each and their wrist lasers could still easily pierce twelve feet of tempered steel. Best of all, they were still magnet proof as well as still tough enough to withstand any impact short of and including a 90-millimeter artillery shell at medium range. "Aww, six'a youse fly out to Rio jest ta provide further proof ta da military dat I'm not kid'n around con'soin'n my threat. Cause some mayhem, but don't cause TOO MUCH damage; jest enuff ta show we mean business. Da military's tanks n' choppa's r' damaged beyond use, n' by da time dey get new tanks 'n choppa's on da scene, da noon deadline will aready be past. Heh, heh, heh, heh." the super-spy said with a gleaming cackle.
Just after that, six of his Cyber-Eggmen flew off, but six stayed behind to make sure Steelbeak wasn't left unguarded. There was no way he was going to be dumb enough to make that mistake twice. That's how Darkwing and Launchpad almost caught him the previous night. If he hadn't had the foresight to equip the Cyber-Eggmen with beepers that went off if he were to fall unconscious and order six of the Cyber-Eggmen to come back for him should he fall unconscious, he'd already be cooling his heels in a South American military prison and he darn well knew it.
Within the Rio city limits, Quiverwing, Speed Prince, Major Mind and Kid Quackules all saw the six rapidly approaching Cyber-Eggmen.
"Hmm, there appears to be six of them, which means Steelbeak must have the other six waiting with him back at his lair, wherever it is." Quiverwing observed
"I presume the plan is to try to stop these six Cyber-Eggmen from hurting anyone but to let one get away so that Speed Prince can chase him back to the villain's hideout and tell the rest of us." Major Mind deduced.
"That would be correct, Major Mind." Quiverwing said as Kid Quackules flew up to confront the Cyber-Eggmen.
The cybernetically enhanced F.O.W.L. henchmen fired their lasers, which the young hero had no doubt were powerful to penetrate his force field, at the incoming flier, but he was able to barely dodge as he plowed into one of them at full strength and flying speed, sending the impacted cyborg flying back a few feet and causing partial damage, albeit only partial. He then grabbed another Cyber-Eggman by the arms and held fast, displaying twice the strength of his foe. Another two of the Cyber-Eggmen tried attacking from behind, but Speed Prince foiled this sneak attack by running around in a circle fast enough to produce a whirlwind that trapped them long enough for Kid Quackules to flip the Cyber-Eggman he was holding into the other two.
Meanwhile, the first Cyber-Eggman Kid Quackules hit started firing again, only to have the lasers blocked and deflected by mirrors levitated up by Major Mind. The deflected lasers damaged the Cyber-Eggman's blasters and heel jets, as well as those three that Kid Quackules and Speed Prince were keeping busy, to the point of uselessness. Quiverwing's last two glue arrows managed to stop the jets of a fifth Cyber-Eggman and the last two acid arrows she had took care of the wrist lasers just as Major Mind telekinetically caught all five of the about-to-crash Cyber-Eggmen and pushed them downward three times faster than they were going down anyway.
As Kid Quackules streaked down at the five momentarily dazed Cyber-Eggmen and used started pummeling them one at a time, the last of the Cyber-Eggmen saw that his comrades were losing badly and flew off to warn Steelbeak; just as the young heroes anticipated. Speed Prince took off fast enough to keep up (though this STILL took half of his top speed) but kept hidden enough to not let the Cyber-Eggman know he was being followed.
While all this was going on, Launchpad, with Ronnie and Lisa in tow, focused on looking for a few appropriate presents for Bella.
To Be Continued
