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Kristy woke with a start and quickly rolled over. Unfortunately, she was already laying on the edge of her bad and rolled over into open air.

"What the?" Kristy untangled herself from a cocoon of blankets and pulled herself up from the floor. It wasn't her alarm clock, this alarm was coming from the Pond's alert system. She heard a loud commotion from the hall, the sound of the other ducks rushing out of their rooms. Her door slid open to reveal Canard standing there, already dressed in full battle gear.

"Kristy, you awake?" he asked, peering into the dark room.

"Yeah." She snatched a sweatshirt from the ground and slipped it on over the tank-top she wore for sleeping. "What's happening?"

"Teleportation energy. We're meeting in the ready room."

"So it's Dragonus?" Kristy hadn't experienced Drake-One's alarms before, but Tanya had explained the super computer to her.

"Or his henchmen," replied Canard. They reached the ready room and took their respective spots, Canard next to Wildwing looking up at Drake-One and Kristy in the back next to Dive.

"Welcome to the party," greeted Dive, also in battle gear.

"How're you awake?" asked Kristy. "It's like not even morning yet." They'd all been up late last night, getting Tanya's briefing about energy crystals in the Amazon.

Dive reached down and pulled a can out of the refrigerator he was leaning against. "T, meet caffeine." He handed her the can of Mt. Dew.

Kristy took a cautious sip and a moment later her eyes flashed open. "Dive what is this? It's so yummy, like liquid sugar, but better than sugar!"

Dive laughed. "It's called pop, and there's plenty of it on this planet."

"Oh no!" Duke overheard them and cringed. "Not another sugar-crazed teenager!"

"Look who's taking, Mr. Coffee-addiction," countered Dive.

"You guys wanna pay attention?" hissed Mallory, glaring at the three and earning them the attention of the other half of the team.

"Anyone have anything to add?" asked Wildwing with a look at his little brother.

"Nope, your show bro," replied Dive, making a shooing motion with his hands, "go on."

"Good." Canard continued his summarization. "...Dragonus wants these crystals so he can power his ship. We need to get there and stop him. Tanya, can we get there in time?"

"Uh yeah..." She typed furiously at the computer. "...Dragonus doesn't know what cave the crystals were buried in. If we take the Aerowing we should get there before him."

"Then let's go. Everyone to the launch pad!" ordered Wildwing.

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Thanks to the Aerowing's superior jet rockets the Mighty Ducks were flying over the sunny Amazon less than an hour later.

"Whoa dude, check out the big forest!" exclaimed Dive, pointing out the windshield as the aerowing broke through the clouds.

"Um Dive, I think that's the Amazon Rainforest," said Wildwing.

"No way bro, there's no rain out there."

Wildwing shook his head. "No, I mean it's called a Rainforest-"

"Why would they call it a rainforest if it doesn't rain?"

"That's not the point!"

"Let it go Wing," said Canard, "you're not gonna win."

"Hey Kristy," yelled Dive, "do you see the big forest?"

"No V," answered Kristy sarcastically, "I don't see that huge grouping of trees stretching out beneath us."

"Well do you see any rain?" he prompted.

"Nosedive, drop it!" Duke was covering his ears with his hands.

"Fine...So where're we gonna land?"

"Tanya?" asked Wildwing.

"There should be a clearing...about thirty clicks north of here, and it's close to the cave where Dr. Brenden found the crystals."

"Here we go!" warned Dive. He soon brought the aerowing down for a smooth landing and the Ducks were able to disembark.

"Kristy, you stay here," ordered Canard, loading his puck launcher.

"Aw Canard, can't I come with and help?"

"No. It's not safe."

"But I've been training and-"

"Kriss, you don't even have your own armor," argued Canard, pointing out he fact she was still in pajamas.

"Yes I do." Kristy fingered her new necklace and felt the tingle associated with her new armor materializing over her body. The armor consisted of a protective vest like Nosedives but without the shoulder pads, dark blue pants, and elbow and knee pads.

"Cool gear," commented Dive.

Why did I let Tanya make armor for her? Canard asked himself.

"Uh, can we get a move on?" asked Duke impatiently. "Soon?"

"Fine!" Canard gave up. "But you're going to follow orders," he added, shaking a finger at his sister.

"Yes!" Kristy jumped and gave Dive a congratulatory high-five.

"Shh!" Mallory reprimanded the teens. "We're in hostile territory, not a sound out of either of you." The military trained redhead was in her element now, and unfortunately also in what Nosedive called her 'commando mode'.

Wildwing and Canard led the way down an overgrown path with Tanya right behind them, monitoring their position on her omni-tool. Mallory and Grin took the rear, leaving Kristy, Duke, and Nosedive in the middle.

"Hey Kristy, you got a weapon?" whispered Duke, noticing her empty holster.

She shook her head to signal no, taking Mallory's words to heart.

"Here," Duke slipped something out from the side of his boot. He handed her a small throwing dagger, "just slide it in the side of your boots." Kristy did as he directed and found a little groove indented into the inner lining, perfectly sized to fit the small dagger. "For emergencies," the ex-thief added with a wink.

Kristy knew instinctively that this wasn't something Canard would approve of...but he was always reminding her to respect her elders, meaning himself, and Duke was the oldest here.

Suddenly Tanya yelled, "Everyone down!"

Duke, acting faster than the two teens, grabbed their arms and pulled them off the path. They crouched next to a huge tree, waiting for an explanation, but before one came they heard the sound of Chameleon's whining.

"Aw common boss, how much longer are we gonna be stuck here?" complained the small saurian.

"Quiet you fool!" bellowed Dragonus. The ducks heard something, probably Chameleon crash into a nearby tree.

"Man, how'd those creepazoids get here?" whispered Nosedive.

Duke pointed upward and Dive got the message. He jumped, grabbed a low hanging branch, and pulled himself up onto the tree.

Stupid jock, thought Kristy, contemplating how she'd get up there.

"Up we go," whispered Duke. That was all the warning Kristy got before he reached around her waist, shot his grappling hook, and pulled them both up. Kristy resisted the urge to scream as the wind rushed past them and they miraculously avoided hitting any branches. Duke set her down on a thick branch above Nosedive's position. The only sign of their passing was a small trail of leaves fluttering to the ground.

"You have fun?" asked Dive in a whisper, swinging himself up next to Kristy.

She was saved from responding by a loud, high-pitched screech echoing through the forest. Followed by the sound of laser blasts.

"Stupid rodent," growled Siege, firing into the trees.

"Stand still ya little critter," quipped Chameleon in a John Wayne voice.

"What're they shooting at?" asked Duke, seeing the lasers blasting holes through the trees near them.

Suddenly a small blur of brown fur launched itself at the older mallard's face.

"What the?" Duke ducked to the side and felt something bounce off his head, right into Kristy's hands.

"Ah!" She almost dropped the small animal, but it latched onto her arm, gripping with tightly clenched fists.

"Whoa cool Kriss, it's a monkey!" exclaimed Dive.

"That furball's gonna give us away," hissed Duke, glaring at the tiny money cradled protectively in Kristy's arms.

"But why're they they trying to shoot him?" asked Krisy, flinching as another laser blast flew through the air.

"I dunnooooooh watch out!" warned Nosedive. One of the lasers hit the trunk of the tree next to them, causing it to fall over. It crashed into the tree they were standing on, making it's limbs shake violently.

Kristy and Nosedive were thrown from the tree. They both tried to halt their fall by grabbing at the passing branches, but only succeeded in slowing their decent. Duke saw them fall, but was distracted by trying to keep his balance. He fail to notice the heavy limb that fell and hit him in the head, knocking him out.