Double Triangle Trouble

A Disney Duck Fanfic:

Instead of being purely based on one entity, this story takes background from Classic Donald Duck cartoons, Ducktales, and Darkwing Duck


Note: Once again, I am obliged to put in a reminder that all the characters in this story, with the exceptions of Melanie, Ronnie, Lisa (who are owned by my co-writer Stef) are copyrighted by Disney. Ergo, no profit motive is intended whatsoever. As such, I must once more beg Disney NOT to sue.

Anyway, here it is; the "big final showdown" chapter...


Chapter 28

Written By:

Brad Eugene Palmer (Nightw2/comickook)


Thankfully, Drake, Morgana, Gosalyn, Huey, Dewey and Louie had all gotten plenty of rest for their trip to the temple holding the key to the Divine Eye Diamond's power. Once the six heroes gathered all of their gear and converged on the Mallard family's suite a little bit more than an hour before dawn, Morgana began focusing her teleportation spell so that she can take them directly to the temple in question and wait out their quarry. Thankfully an hour would give Morgana plenty of time to rest and be back to full strength by the time Bulba and his allies arrived.

Activating their cloaking devices, Darkwing, Quiverwing, Morgana, Major Mind, Speed Prince and Kid Quackules all got into position and started awaiting the coming of their enemies. As the super-gear-enhanced Duck triplets waited eagerly at the "official entrance", Darkwing, Morgana and Quiverwing all waited just as eagerly at the top of the temple.

"Lousy mystic shielding that prevents the use of any magic inside the temple other than that derived from the diamond itself. If not for that, we could have simply ALL waited inside the temple" Quiverwing said quietly.

"True, Gos .... errr, I mean, Quiverwing, but at least the inner temple is also too heavily reinforced for our quarry to tunnel into the temple. In fact, the only part of the inner temple that HASN'T been reinforced is the part of the room directly over the pedestal the diamond has to be placed on for the diamond's magic to take affect, which is why WE'RE standing guard." Darkwing said reassuringly.


Also an hour before dawn, Taurus Bulba, Steelbeak, the Fearsome Five and the Cyber-Eggmen were all ready to leave. Bulba grabbed ahold of Negaduck and Steelbeak and then activated his cloaking device as he took off. Once the Cyber-Eggmen and the rest of the Fearsome Five were busy providing a needed distraction, the three main villains would blast their way into the temple via its one vulnerable spot and wait for the light of dawn to gain power that would put them on a par with many major gods.

Except for the Liquidator; who had to be carried in a waterproof bottle; the rest of the Fearsome Five each got onto one of the Cyber-Eggmen and flew off to do their part (i.e. act as the distraction in case of heroes waiting for them at the temple).


Eventually, just two minute before dawn, the Cyber-Eggmen and the Fearsome Four arrived at the temple, though the super-gear-enhanced Duck triplets still had the element of surprise thanks to their cloaking devices. All they had to do was wait until the villains were in range of the hypersonic pitch devices that were mixed with their cloaking devices and they could take out the Cyber-Eggmen via high-pitched sound waves that would wreak havok on their cybernetics. As for Megavolt, Bushroot, Quackerjack and Liquidator, the heroic trio could take those four a bit more directly.

Meanwhile, Morgana's mystic senses detected the use of a fourth cloacking device near her, Darkwing and Quiverwing's stakeout area. Unfortunately, Bulba's sensors also picked up the use of the heroes' cloaking device and the cyber-bull disabled those devices with three very well-aimed blasts from his horn blasters. Thanks to Morgana's perfectly timed use of force fields though, the three heroes were very much unharmed despite their cloaking devices being destroyed. Morgana unleashed a double-handed mystic blast that knocked Bulba, Negaduck and Steelbeak out of the sky. Though Darkwing, Morgana and Quiverwing were all amazed that the three villains' mutual hatred of them was enough to get them to pocket enough of their egos to agree to a partnership, they all knew now was not the time to be focusing on that amazement.

Negaduck started firing a combination .60 caliber machine gun/grenade launcher at Darkwing and Quiverwing while Steelbeak joined in with a blaster pistol.

Bulba and Morgana, both on full alert, were expertly parrying each other's blasts with the seconds until dawn rapidly disappearing


Meanwhile, after the Duck triplets subdued the first dozen of THEIR enemies (i.e. the Cyber-Eggmen) with well-aimed use of their one-shot hypersonic pitch device, they confronted the remaining four head-on.

"So, it's the trio that helped Quiverwing bust us a little over a night before." Megavolt observed with his hands crackling with electricity.

"Well, we're back and worse than ever." Liquidator added.

Bushroot started to work causing about 24 of the trees nearest to the temple to start moving toward the teenaged hero trio as well as causing more than a few of the jungle vines covering the temple to creep up behind the Fearsome Four's opponents.


Just fifteen seconds before dawn, Darkwing managed to get off one of his combination tear-gas/smoke bomb catridges, allowing Quiverwing the scant seconds she needed to dissolve Steelbeak and Negaduck's weapons with two perfectly aimed acid arrows. Following that, Darkwing and Quiverwing both perfomed superbly timed and aimed double-flip double-web kicks, Darkwing hitting Negaduck and Quiverwing nailing Steelbeak. After the two heroes slammed the two villains' heads together, Quiverwing used a super-super-glue arrow to trap Steelbeak and Negaduck in those few seconds she and Darkwing both knew from experience would be all they would have before both villains recovered.

Five seconds before dawn, Bulba fired off one lightning quick blast at the "light entry" hole and dived down to place the diamond on the pedestal, Morgana fired off a quick blast outside the temple (because she knew her powers wouldn't work once she was INSIDE the temple that was powerful enough to get him to stagger JUST out of the line of fire from the diamond's light deflection. Darkwing and Quiverwing, unhindered by the temple's inside mystic shielding, quickly leapt in, Darkwing covering Bulba's eyes and sticking some electrified disks on him and Quiverwing trying to get the diamond.

At the very light of dawn, however, the sun's rays hit the Divine Eye Diamond before it could be touched and the beam hit Quiverwing dead on. Instantly, she was infused with unlimited strength, invulnerability to virtually anything, absolute weather control and full knowledge of absolutely everything.

In fact, her knowledge was so absolute that she knew the powers wouldn't be permanent unless she stayed in this light for 31 seconds, but they would last for a certain time period dependent on the length of time she DID spend in the light reflected from the diamond. Between one and three seconds in this light meant that her powers would last for between one and three seconds. Between four and six seconds in the light would mean that her powers would last between four to six MINUTES. Seven to nine seconds in the light meant that the powers would last between seven and nine HOURS. Ten to twelve seconds in the light meant that the powers would last between ten to twelve DAYS. Between thirteen and fifteen seconds in the light meant that the powers would last between thirteen and fifteen WEEKS. Between sixteen to eighteen seconds in this light would mean that the powers would last between sixteen and eighteen MONTHS. Between nineteen and twenty-seconds in the light meant that the power would last between nineteen to 21 YEARS. 22-24 seconds in the light meant that the powers would last between 22 and 24 DECADES. 25-27 seconds in the light meant that the powers would last between 25 and 27 CENTURIES. 28-30 seconds in the light would mean that the power would last for between 28 and 30 MILLENIUMS. After that, of course, was permanent.

Quiverwing, however, opted to only stay in the light for six seconds, which meant her powers would wear off in six minutes; long enough to ensure Taurus Bulba's defeat, but not long enough for her to chance getting corrupted by the power. Nor did she step out of the light any too soon, for Darkwing was just flung out of the temple like a rag doll (fortunately, some well placed levitation by Morgana allowed Darkwing to land safely). Bulba fired off a shot from his laser cannon at Quiveriwng (much to the horror of Darkwing who was about to leap right back in there), only to see it hit with absolutely no effect (a sight that staying Darkwing's leap).

Bulba tried reaching for the heroine with his bionic extension arms, only for Quiverwing to rip off the titanium alloy appendage like it was made of cheap paper (remember, the mystic shielding DIDN'T prevent the use of magic powers that were gained from the light of the diamond itself). The cybernetic steer then activated his heel jets and fired off beams from his horn blasters at Quiverwing while flying right at her. However, this attack too, proved most ineffective against the currently invulnerable heroine. Quiverwing then threw two punches aimed right at the cyborg's heel jets; utterly disabling them; After ripping off the horn blasters, Quiverwing then threw a punch strong enough to send Bulba flying clear out of the temple through the same hole he made coming in and go landing literally 200 yards away. With a mighty leap, the heroine landed right on the cyborg, her feet hitting hard enough to disable his temperature regulation system. After that, she used her weather control powers to create a sub-zero gust potent enough to freeze the cyborg solid, knowing that, even in the South American climate, it would take hours for Bulba to thaw out with his temperature regulation sytem totalled; more than long enough for the South American police to arrive and put Bulba in custody and, with all the damage she inflicted on him, it would be many years before the cyborg could escape from prison and threaten the Mallard family again.


The Duck triplets, meanwhile, had managed to evade Bushroot's plant attacks thanks to the Speed Prince's quick eye and even quicker reflexes. Major Mind had used his telekinesis to deflect Liquidator right back at Megavolt WHILE the latter were near Bushroot and Quackerjack. Kid Quackules ripped off a few of the thicker vines to tie up Megavolt Quackerjack and Bushroot following the shock, while Major Mind trapped Liquidator in yet another bottle with a waterproof seal. After Speed Prince snapped the power nullifer head bands they brought along just in case on to Megavolt and Bushroot, the teen trio checked up on their allies, seeing a deeply frozen Bulba (levitated by Morgana onto the pile of defeated villains) and Negaduck and Steelbeak BOTH securely glued.

"Impressive work, Mrs. Mallard." Major Mind said, presuming Morgana was the one who froze Bulba.

"Actually, it was QUIV who trounced that metallic maniac. The powers she got from six seconds of exposure to the reflected light of the Divine Eye Diamond did the trick." Darkwing admitted.

"Well, yes, but the powers will only last another two minutes. Still, I must admit that I took a lot of pleasure being able to finally do that to Bulba." Quiverwing replied factually as she held the diamond in question.

Darkwing then added " Well, Quiv, I must admit that you and the boys did REALLY good the past few days. Even BEFORE you got those temporary super-powers, you performed admirably against both the Fearsome Five AND Steelbeak. Plus, after this trip, I know you'll be determined to pursue a super-heroic career with or without my consent, so it might as well be WITH. At least that way, we'll be able to watch EACH OTHER's backs."

"Thanks, dad. I promise you won't regret that decision." Quiverwing said, tempted to ask about letting Huey stay the night one of these nights, but deciding not to press her luck. After all, she didn't need the infinite knowledge she'd still have for one more minute thanks to the DIvine Eye Diamond's rays to already know what her father's answer would be to that question.

Morgana nodded at this job well-done as Darkwing dialed up the South American police on his cell phone and asked them to come pick up the nineteen defeated criminals the heroes had gathered together. With that, Morgana, using the last bit of mystic strength she had at present to teleport herself, Darkwing, Quiverwing and the super-gear enhanced Duck triplets back to the Mallards' suite; each knowing they still had more than enough days of their vacations left to properly enjoy Rio.


To Be Continued