Here I Am, This is Me
Prologue
by Roaming Tigress
In a city of a thousand criminals, death and destruction lurks around every corner. Every night and day, the metropolis of St. Canard becomes a battle ground for power and control; rouges ranging from high school street gangs to the elite underground criminal organizations carry out their dirty deeds under the nose of the police force. It is every villain out for himself in that dog-eat dog-world. There is no time to mope about the loss of pride, for behind every footstep there is always somebody out there to do you in.
More often than not, the duty of protecting citizens from the wrath of the less than desirable falls to that of a purple-masked, cape-wearing drake mallard of a vigilante -- Darkwing Duck. Over the years, this dashing do-gooder with the ego the size of Saturn has come to learn the ways of the criminals. Daring death, he has succeeded in defeating Negaduck's dastardly deeds, Bushroot's botanical warfare, and Megavolt's electrical larceny. He has tangled with the likes of the Liquidator, even Taurus Bulba, but one villain in particular has always challenged him like no other.
This criminal is Valentino Volatili -- Agent Steelbeak -- and this is his story.
Disclaimer: Steelbeak, Darkwing Duck, and all other characters mentioned except for Javert J. Adair, Emillia, Roberto, Valentino, Andreas and Antontio Volatilli belong to Disney. Do NOT borrow ideas from or distribute this story without prior permission of the author at
Author's note: this is a revised, improved version of "Twisted Every Way" which was originally written in 2002. Certain aspects from that story have been changed or elaborated.